31/08/2010 Election observation
Strasbourg, 31.08.2010 – A 15-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Egidijius Vareikis (Lithuania, EPP/CD), will be in Moldova from 3 to 6 September to observe the referendum on the choice of the presidential election procedure. It is the only European parliamentary organisation which will be present in the country to carry out this observation.
The electorate will be asked to vote on the proposed amendment to Article 78 of the Constitution and the introduction of the direct election of the President of the Republic.
The delegation will meet the Acting President of the Republic and Speaker of the Parliament Mihai Ghimpu, leaders of political parties, the President of the Constitutional Court, the President and members of the Central Electoral Commission, and civil society and media representatives, before observing the ballot on 5 September in a sample of polling stations across the country.
The delegation will be accompanied by a member of the Venice Commission, the Council of Europe’s body of independent legal experts.
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Preliminary conclusions will be announced at a press conference on Monday 6 September at noon (time to be confirmed) at the Leogrand Hotel in Chisinau.
Contact: Nathalie Bargellini, PACE Communication Division, mobile: +33 6 65 40 32 82, local mobile: + 373 69 093 912