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Moldovan vote recount: Communists still winners
Published: 17 April, 2009, 21:36
TAGS: Conflict, Election, CIS, Politics
According to the Central Election Commission, the Moldovan Communist Party did win the parliamentary election with nearly 50% of the vote.
Election results sparked violent protests on April 5 in the capital of Chisinau, which resulted in large demonstrations and attacks on the Moldovan Parliament and Administration building. In the melee, as many as 90 people were injured and over 200 were arrested.
Moldova’s President Vladimir Voronin, who chairs the ruling Communist party, called for the recount to help restore stability in the country after opposition groups claimed the results were rigged.
However, international observers, including the OSCE, gave their overall approval to the voting process.
Voronin is due to step down on May 7, but since the Communist party will get 60 seats in the parliament, they’ll be able to elect a new leader of the country without requiring the votes from other parties.
The final results of the recount of the April 5 election are expected to be announced on April 21.
The percentages are expected to remain the same, despite claims of vote falsification by the opposition parties.
17.04.2009, 21:23
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I really can't see this being the end of it, considering how much effort Romania and the EU have put into subversive activities within Moldovo. The EU has a history of clandestine sponsoring of uprisings and civil unrest, as in Serbia. I doubt it will relinquish its political ambitions to control a greater and greater geographic empire from Brusslels. Moldovo is just another part of its empire building aspirations. The sad thing is that ultimately Moldova could be subjected to EU and NATO attack, similar to Yugoslavia, to quench the thirst of the Brussels EU 'royalty'. Moldova therefore, has to be very careful, as Romania under EU guidance offers a dangerous adversary.