23/06/2009 Monitoring
Strasbourg, 23.06.2009 - The PACE Monitoring Committee held an exchange of views today on the situation in Moldova and made public the information note on follow-up to Resolution 1666 (2009) prepared by the committee’s co-rapporteurs, Josette Durieu (France, SOC) and Egidijus Vareikis (Lithuania, EPP/CD), on the basis of their visit to Chisinau on 10 June 2009.
In this note the rapporteurs called on the authorities to apply scrupulously the new provisions of the Electoral Code. They also recommended that the Assembly Bureau appoint a strong delegation to observe the elections in Moldova on 29 July 2009. Lastly, the co-rapporteurs expressed their desire to see the election campaign take place under the best possible conditions, in accordance with European standards, particularly with regard to access to the media.