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Feb2018

The Legislative Initiative on Integrity Certificates Needs to be Improved, warns Promo-LEX Association

According to the Opinion published by Promo-LEX, there are shortcomings in the recent legislative initiative on the compulsory integrity certificates for those who register as candidates for a particular public position. Traditionally, the association comes with recommendations to improve the legal framework. Thus, the deficiencies are related to ... ...more

22

Feb2018

Promo-LEX OPINION on the Draft Law No 26 of 7 February 2018 Amending and Supplementing Some Legislative Acts (the Integrity Law – Articles 31, 311; the Law on the National Integrity Authority – Articles 7, 10, 12, 18 etc.)

   

29

Jan2018

Opinion of Promo-LEX Association: Only 12 out of 32 European Recommendations Regarding the Mixed Electoral System were Implemented

Promo-LEX Association’s analysis alerts on irregularities in Parliament's implementation of recommendations regarding the mixed-member electoral system provided by the Venice Commission and by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Accepting the recommendations does not necessarily mean implementing them As of today, only 12 out of 32 recommendations were implemented. ... ...more

22

Jan2018

OPINION of Promo-LEX Association: The fact that the application for registration of the Initiative Group for conducting a legislative referendum was rejected puts in doubt the citizens’ right to directly exercise sovereignty

23

Nov2017

Single-Member Constituencies – Between Political Opportunity and Lawfulness

Chisinau, 23 November 2017 - the mixed electoral system should be applied no earlier than the 2022 election, and only after the settlement of the deficiencies highlighted by Promo-LEX Association. These are related to constituency formation criteria, opportunity to use administrative resources for the election, delegation of candidates to establish ... ...more

07

Nov2017

Public call on the limited transparency and the flaws found in the adoption of decisions regarding the establishment of single-member constituencies

The signatory civil society organisations are concerned with the limited transparency of the activity of the National Commission for the Establishment of Permanent Single-Member Constituencies and requires the Government to make the Draft Decision Establishing Single-Member Constituencies available for public consultations. This request was made in connection with the following flaws ... ...more

23

Oct2017

OPINION of Promo-LEX Association on the number of single-member constituencies to be created abroad and their distribution according to geographic areas [1]

New Legal Provisions According to the new wording of the Electoral Code, the Parliamentary elections shall be held on the basis of a mixed voting system, in a national district encompassing the whole territory of the Republic of Moldova and the polling stations from abroad, as well as on ... ...more

17

Oct2017

THE EFFECTS OF THE MIXED-MEMBER ELECTORAL SYSTEM. CASE STUDY: Situation of the candidate from the national list of the party, who is, at the same time, an independent candidate in the single-member districts

New legal provisions According to the new wording of the Electoral Code, the Parliamentary elections shall be held on the basis of a mixed voting system, in national and single-member districts. The candidates to the position of Member in the nationwide district shall be registered with the Central Electoral Commission, whereas ... ...more

04

Oct2017

PUBLIC APPEAL on the transparency of the activity of the National Commission for the Establishment of Permanent Uninominal Constituencies

  Civil society organizations from the country and abroad are concerned about the lack of transparency of the activity of the National Commission for the Establishment of Permanent Uninominal Constituencies. Given that there are suspicions of political interference on this Commission, its activity has to be as transparent as ... ...more

19

Sep2017

THE EFFECTS OF THE MIXED-MEMBER ELECTORAL SYSTEM. CASE STUDY: Limitation of the Constitutional Right to Elect of the Voters with no Domicile or Residence

According to the State Register of Voters, 155 683 voters with no domicile or residence were registered in the Republic of Moldova as of 1 September 2017[1].These 155 683 citizens eligible to vote account for 4.78% of the total number of 3 255 361 voters included in the State Register ... ...more