Moldova's top court validates 24 February 2019 parliamentary polls

19:05 | 09.03.2019 Category: Political

Chisinau, 9 March /MOLDPRES/ - The Constitutional Court (CCM) today validated the 24 February 2019 parliamentary elections. CCM President Mihai Poalelungi has announced the ruling.

At the same time, the Court validated the mandates of the MPs elected and confirmed the lists of the alternate candidates. CCM also turned down a demand by the ACUM electoral bloc on declaring null the polls in five uninominal electoral districts and invalidating the mandates of several elected lawmakers.

A representative of the Moldovan Democratic Party (PDM), Sergiu Sarbu, unveiled to CCM a petition on the re-numbering of the legislative periods, so that the new parliament is of the tenth legislative period. “I asked the Court to accept my petition to re-number the legislative periods. Thus, since the Independence, this will be the parliament of the tenth legislative period. Let’s leave the numbering from the times of the USSR in history,” Sarbu said.

„Taking into account the fact that, since the election of Moldova’s first parliament, which worked on the period 1990-1994, and till the expiration of the mandate of the last parliament, elected on 30 November 2014, parliaments of nine convocations have been elected, the Constitutional Court confirms the results of the elections to the parliament of the tenth legislative period from 24 February 2019 in the national district and in the uninominal districts,” President of the Constitutional Court Mihai Poalelungi said.

According to the results got in the elections in the national electoral district, Moldova’s Party of Socialists (PSRM) picked up 18 MP mandates in the future parliament, the ACUM electoral bloc – 14 mandates, the Democratic Party – 13 mandates and the Shor Party – five mandates.

At the same time, in the uninominal districts, PDM won 17 lawmaker mandates, PSRM – 17 mandates, ACUM bloc – 12 mandates, the independent candidates – three mandates and the Shor Party – two ones.

The new parliament is to hold its first meeting, upon being summoned by Moldova’s president, 30 days following the elections at the latest.

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