Moldova Finally Bans Two Pro-Russian Parties From Running In Elections
- 31.08.2025, 18:49
Oligarch Shor's parties were blacklisted.
In Moldova, the parties that tried to challenge the CEC's decision to exclude them from the electoral race will not participate in the elections.
This is reported by Newsmaker.
The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) rejected the lawsuits filed by the Moldova Mare ("Great Moldova") party led by Victoria Furtune, the Renaissance party linked to fugitive Ilan Shor, and the Centrist Union party.
On August 29, the SCJ rejected the lawsuit filed by the Renaissance party, which tried to challenge the CEC decision. Earlier, the CEC, taking into account the decision of the Court of Appeal to restrict the activity of four political parties linked to Shor, including Vozrozhdenie, rejected the application of the Vozrozhdenie party to register the list of candidates.
And on August 30, the Supreme Electoral Court upheld the appeal filed by the Central Electoral Commission and rejected the lawsuit filed by the Moldova Mare party because of the party's exclusion from the electoral race. At a session on August 23, the CEC rejected the application for registration of the list of candidates from Moldova Mare. One of the candidates was excluded because of an unexpunged criminal record. After his exclusion, the gender ratio of candidates from 41 to 50 positions was violated: there were 7 men and 3 women for 10 candidates, i.e. 70% to 30% instead of the allowed 60% to 40%.
After that, the Chisinau Court of Appeal obliged the CEC to reconsider the application for registration of the list of candidates from the Moldova Mare party, due to which the CEC appealed to the Supreme Court of Justice.
At the same time, the Supreme Court of Justice rejected the lawsuit of the Centrist Union of Moldova party against the Central Electoral Commission, which failed to register the party for the elections. The reason is that on July 28 [according to the legislation, it was possible to switch to another party until July 19], two people from the list of candidates were members of another party, although they then switched to the "Centrist Union of Moldova". This fact indirectly demonstrates their lack of eligibility criteria. After the exclusion of these persons from the list, the quota of representation for candidates decreased, the CEC noted, rejecting the party's registration.
The decisions of the CEC are final and are not subject to review.