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Central Electoral Commission informs that students and pupils enrolled in educational institutions in a different town than their official place of residence, can vote as following:

• vote on the election day at the polling station where he is registered with a valid identity card. If students have valid domicile and residence, they will vote at the polling station from their place of residence.
• to declare their new place of residence not later than September 29 at the city hall/ sector administration (if in Chisinau) in order to be enrolled in the electoral list of the polling station corresponding to their new place of stay. This statement should be submitted in person by the applicant upon presentation of original ID and a copy. Further, these individuals will be included in the electoral list of the polling station where he/she should vote.
• if voters fail to declare their new place of residence, they may address at the electoral bureau from their official place of residence or where they are domiciled to take a voting certificate which allows them to vote in any other polling station. This procedure will be valid from October 10 to 29, 2016. Having this certificate, voters will be registered in supplementary lists in the election day and the certificate will remain at the polling station bureau and annexed to the supplementary lists of voters.

The deputy chair of CEC, Rodica Cibotaru, said that Moldovan citizens voting abroad, which did not pre-registered online will able to vote at the diplomatic representations of the Republic of Moldova. “At the diplomatic representations of the Republic of Moldova will be additional lists and citizens will be able to vote presenting the passport. Those with expired passports will not be able to vote”, said Cibotaru. // IPN

During a visit to Brussels, Maia Sandu had a meeting with the President of European People’s Party (EPP), Joseph Daul, in her capacity of presidential candidate.

According to a press release issued by the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova, Joseph Daul talked about the presidential elections in Moldova, saying that “I previously called pro-European parties in Moldova to unite and present a common candidate in the presidential elections of October 30. Moldova needs a strong president to support EU values. A leader who has the courage to fight corruption, implement the rule of law and ensure an independent judiciary. It is important that this leader to have all the popular support necessary to achieve these goals”.

Liberal Party Chairman and candidate for president, Mihai Ghimpu, addressed a letter to those who support the unification of Moldova and Romania. It urges youth to fight for the unification ideal and states that “promoting unification and unionism in this presidential campaign should be a common goal. As the only unionist candidate in this campaign I ask you to continue this fight. This is a fight where the ideal is more important than the people. The ideal we all wish for.” // Unimedia

“Our Party” candidate for President of the Republic of Moldova, Dumitru Ciubasenco, said about the presidential elections of October 30: “If the country will be ruled by a candidate of the parties in power, it is clear that the elections will be rigged. A candidate representing the power which is hated by most of the population can not win in free and fair elections. If they do not understand this, and will fraud elections to promote their candidates, they will have to take the consequences. From the discussions I have with people I understand that the consequences can be very serious”. // Allmoldova

In an interview with the portal Tribuna, Vitalia Pavlicenco, independent candidate in the presidential election, spoke about the message promoted by the Liberal Party, Mihai Ghimpu, in the presidential elections of October 30. “Watch all Ghimpu’s videos and statements in the past ten years and see if he can claim to the unionist electorate. I do no talk about his political right, I am speaking of moral right… We believe that neither PL nor Ghimpu were unionists, they abandoned the unification long ago, while the unification topic is more actual than ever and the support for unification is greater than ever”. // Tribuna

Valeriu Ghiletchi registered a complaint with the Constitutional Court (CC) on the collection of signatures in support of a candidate for presidential elections. The politician asked the CC to check the constitutionality of the mandatory quota of 600 signatures to be collected from 18 administrative units imposed by the new Electoral Code, and the need of local municipalities stamp on petitions. “Personally, I consider these rules a barrier in the process of collecting signatures and irrelevant as long as the CEC has access to the electronic register of voters and may verify the identity of each signatory. Discriminatory rules are applied both for candidates and for thousands of Moldovan citizens living in Transnistria or those who can not travel to their home towns for voting”, said Ghiletchi on his Facebook page.

Igor Dodon met with the President of the Hungarian Parliament, Laszlo Kover, and discussed the socio-political situation in Moldova. “In the discussion I had an exchange of views on the political situation in Moldova. We found that we have much in common in terms of promoting national interests of our countries. Even though Hungary is a member of the European Union it has a strong position when it comes to the interests of the country and citizens. PSRM shares the same views when fighting for the integrity, statehood and national identity of Moldova”, Igor Dodon wrote on his Facebook page.