Moldovan President Maia Sandu, who expects to be re-elected for a second term, said she would not admit defeat from former Prosecutor General Alexander Stoyanoglo. She groundlessly accused the candidate, who is supported by the Party of Socialists, of preparing falsifications.
At the pre-election debates held last Sunday, Stoyanoglo invited Sandu to sign a public agreement according to which she would recognize the results of the presidential election in case of her defeat, and he himself, in case of loss, promised not to call his supporters to Chisinau for a nationwide protest.
"This agreement raises big questions. If he proposes such a thing, it means that he has unclean and illegal plans," Sandu said on Moldova 1 TV channel.
According to her, also some people in the country buy votes in favor of Stoyanoglo, and he does nothing about it.
"We can only imagine what plans a person who agrees to buy votes in his favor has. We want free and fair elections. We do not want the purchased votes to decide the fate of the country," concluded Maya Sandu, who herself has long used the police and special services to deal with the unwanted.
Recall, the second round of presidential elections in Moldova will be held on November 3. The incumbent head of state Maia Sandu, who gained 42.49% with the support of the ruling Action and Solidarity party, and former Prosecutor General Alexander Stoyanoglo with the Socialist Party won 25.95%.
The opposition called on the protest electorate, regardless of political affiliation, to consolidate in support of his candidacy. In response, Sandu said that Russia is trying to influence the electoral process in Moldova by allocating millions for bribery and destabilization. Now searches are taking place all over the country in order to intimidate her opponents before the final vote.
As EADaily reported, the observers of the OSCE mission presented a report that reflected numerous violations by the Moldovan authorities during voting in the first round of the presidential election. Among them are the change of the Electoral Code in order to promote their candidate, abuse of administrative resources and restriction of the voting rights of the diaspora.