Promo-LEX unveils results of observation mission of general local elections

Chisinau, Nov. 6 /MOLDPRES/-  Promo-LEX association presented today the conclusions of the observation mission of Sunday's general local elections and the results of the parallel counting of votes in Chisinau and Bălţi.

Promo-LEX Program Director Nicolae Panfil said that a preliminary analysis of the reported incidents indicates that their number is double that of the 2019 general local elections.

Among the most frequent incidents are organized group voting, photographing ballots and other violations of the secrecy of the vote, deficiencies in the electoral lists, the interruption during the voting day of filming the electoral operations.

The association's observers also reported cases when polling stations opened earlier or later than 07:00. At the same time, some polling stations were closed earlier or later than the established schedule.

Nicolae Panfil also presented the results of the parallel counting of votes for Chisinau and Balti, "and according to preliminary data, the differences are of hundreds".

In Sunday's general local elections, Promo-LEX delegated 602 static observers, including in all polling stations in Balti and Chisinau municipalities, as well as in 237 polling stations in the rest of the country, selected based on a representative sample.