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20 Aug. 2020 / 11:42

Opinion of the Venice Commission on the Electoral Code

Some of the amendments proposed in the Electoral Code are technical and could have been applied to the presidential election, if they had been adopted by the beginning of the election period. This is the opinion of the Venice Commission, which made public its urgent opinion on the draft amendment to the Electoral Code, informs Moldova 1.

The opinion welcomes the amendments aimed at clarifying the definition of the election campaign, the campaign agenda for the second round of elections, but also the additional provisions to prevent the incorrect use of administrative resources.

Moreover, the commission's experts came with recommendations that restrictions on freedom of expression be drafted in accordance with international law, that observers have access to all stages of the electoral process, and that sanctions for observers and the media respect the principles of proportionality and equality.

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