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The Election Observation Mission of the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO) will monitor the second round of the presidential elections in Republic of Moldova, according to an announcement made in a press conference by mission’s leadership. ENEMO Election Observation Mission has monitored the pre-election period as well as the election day. ENEMO observers will also monitor the runoff of the presidential elections as well as the post-electoral period, including the filing and examination of complaints. Subsequently, all findings and conclusions will be presented in a final report to be published within 60 days after election day. // IPN

Communist leader Vladimir Voronin said in a press conference, that his party will boycott the second round of the presidential election too. PCRM chair said that the presidential elections were held in violation of the Constitution, and that these were carried out in order to distract people’s attention from the real problems in the country. // Curentul

Presidential candidate of the Party Action and Solidarity, Maia Sandu, has urged the Parliament to urgently vote a bill that will allow students to vote in the locality where thet pursue their studies, in a similar fashion as it was done during the 2014 election. Another request made by the candidate was to facilitate the voting process abroad, based on a valid Identity Bulletin. Maia Sandu also urged the authorities to open more polling stations abroad and ensure they all have the required number of ballots. // IPN

During an interview for Radio Free Europe, socialists’ leader, Igor Dodon spoke about the powers Moldovan president has in the field of foreign policy. “The president does not have the authority to neither shift the geopolitical vector, nor suspend or terminate agreements. Yes, I am for a strategic partnership and good relations with the Russian Federation. Why? It is because we need the Russian market and we need to solve the issues that our hundreds of thousands of migrants face in the Russian Federation. But this does not mean that you have to establish an iron curtain on the Prut river. We can not afford this because in the European Union we also have hundreds of thousands of Moldovans working there, and also we have exports to the European Union. The partnership should continue”. // Free Europe