DOC Amendments to Electoral Code entered into force

Chisinau, Oct. 5 /MOLDPRES/- The promulgation decree and the Law amending the Electoral Code No325/2022 were published in the Official Journal and entered into force.

The document sees that the persons who, on the date of the ruling of the Constitutional Court on declaration of the unconstitutionality of a political party, held the capacity of a member of the executive body or who held elective positions on the part of the respective declared party, will not be able to be elected within polls.

Within three working days from the entry into force of this law, the General Police Inspectorate, the National Anticorruption Center, the Intelligence and Security Service and the General Prosecutor's Office, jointly with the specialized prosecutor's offices will carry out an examination of the incidence of the provisions of Article I, and will communicate the relevant information to the Central Electoral Commission. The Central Electoral Commission, within one working day, will draw up the list of persons who fall under the restrictions provided for by this law and will communicate it to the electoral bodies, which will take them into account and ensure the application of the restriction in the case of registration of electoral competitors in the context of some electoral periods in progress on the date of entry into force of this law, as well as during any subsequent electoral periods. Electoral bodies will carry out, ex officio, the verification of electoral competitors registered on the date of communication of the list and will ensure the cancellation of the registrations of electoral competitors who fall under the restrictions provided for by this law if, on the date of entry into force of this law, the legal term provided for registration of candidates in the context of ongoing electoral periods.

Source: monitorul.gov.md