Moldovan electoral body turns down registration of initiative group for holding referendum on cancellation of mixed voting system

18:06 | 12.01.2018 Category: Political

Chisinau, 12 January /MOLDPRES/ - The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) today turned down the application on the registration of an initiative group for holding a republican referendum on the cancellation of the mixed voting system.

Six CEC members voted for the rejection of the initiative and two members voted against.

CEC head Alina Russu said that ‘’the application was rejected because more nonconformities were discovered and the legal requirements were not observed.’’

At the same time, at the meeting, one of the representatives of the civil society said that ‘’CEC’s decision is anti-democratic and contrary to the citizens’ will and the reasons set forth are just pretexts”.

The Commission’s decision enters into force on the date of adoption and is published in Moldova’s Official Journal (Monitorul Oficial).

More representatives of the civil society in late last November informed about an initiative on initiating a legislative referendum on the cancellation of the mixed electoral system, adopted by the parliament in the final reading in July 2017.

(Reporter A. Ciobanu, editor A. Raileanu)

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