Published November 04,2024
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Voting in Moldova’s presidential runoff ended as greater than half of the nation’s voters headed to the polls since early Sunday.
Voting which started at 7 a.m. native time (0500GMT) continued till 9 p.m. throughout 2,219 polling stations, 231 of which have been situated overseas in 37 nations.
According to Moldova’s Central Election Commission (CEC), greater than 1.6 million of the nation’s residents have solid their ballots because the voting ended, corresponding to only over 54% of the voters.
The CEC mentioned that preliminary outcomes could be introduced in a briefing at 10 p.m. (2000GMT).
The runoff follows an preliminary spherical of voting held two weeks in the past, through which President Maia Sandu, seen as pro-Western, fell in need of securing a majority for a second time period.
Alexandr Stoianoglo, Moldova’s former prosecutor normal, got here second through the first spherical of voting held on Oct. 20, turning into Sandu’s rival within the runoff.
The first spherical of the presidential election was held concurrently with a referendum through which voters narrowly accredited a constitutional modification to set Moldova on a path towards EU membership.
However, each the election and referendum have been contentious, with Sandu accusing “criminal groups” allegedly backed by “foreign forces hostile to our national interests” of making an attempt to disrupt the nation’s democratic course of and maintain it “trapped in uncertainty and instability.”
“We have clear evidence that these criminal groups aimed to buy 300,000 votes — a fraud of unprecedented scale. Their objective was to undermine a democratic process. Their intention is to spread fear and panic in the society,” Sandu mentioned on X.
In response to the accusations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov challenged Sandu to offer concrete proof of the alleged interference.
Source: www.anews.com.tr