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Moldova
2025
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To safeguard the contestants’ right to an effective remedy, legal provisions should be revised to ensure that sanctions with an irreversible effect on the exercise of political rights, including the right to be elected, are applied only when time allows for effective legal remedies or that their enforcement is suspended until the opportunity for appeal is exhausted. To prevent arbitrary de-registration of candidates, such decisions should be based on sound, relevant and sufficient evidence.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Moldova
2025
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To ensure equality of opportunities, the law and its implementation should ensure that candidates are always provided with an opportunity to address shortcomings in their applications, in line with international good practice. Unduly burdensome requirements such as in-person candidate registration should be reconsidered.
Recommendation # in final report:
10
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Moldova
2014
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Support signatures and registration requirements for independent candidates could be reviewed with a view to ensuring that such candidates have realistic opportunities of competing on a par with other contestants.
Recommendation # in final report:
9
Type of recommendation:
0
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2019
Final report heading:
Legal Framework
Moldova
2014
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
In line with international obligations and practices aimed at promoting gender equality, greater efforts to include women on candidate lists, including in winnable positions, should be made by political parties.
Recommendation # in final report:
14
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Participation of Women
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Fully
Year of assessment:
2019
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Moldova
2014
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
A clear and detailed procedure for the collection, verification and validation of support signatures should be provided by law, ensuring consistency and legal certainty of the process. The prohibition for voters to sign in support of more than one candidate should be removed.
Recommendation # in final report:
15
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Moldova
2016
EOM
Presidential
Undue restrictions on the right to be elected should be removed from the legal framework. Consideration should be given to lifting the residency requirement and the language requirement should be clarified through detailed and objective provisions.
Recommendation # in final report:
10
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Moldova
2016
EOM
Presidential
Rules on candidate registration, including procedures for verifying supporting signatures, should be clarified to ensure transparency, consistency and legal certainty at all stages. Timelines should allow sufficient time to effectively and consistently carry out signature verification and decisions related to candidate registration should be taken sufficiently in advance of the campaign to provide equal opportunity to stand for all prospective contestants.
Recommendation # in final report:
11
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Moldova
2016
EOM
Presidential
Consideration could be given to revising the role of the local administration in the signature verification process. Authorities could also consider alternative methods for candidate nomination.
Recommendation # in final report:
12
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Moldova
2016
EOM
Presidential
Procedures for the withdrawal of registered candidates after ballot printing should be clearly and exhaustively stipulated in the law. To avoid amending ballots manually, the deadline could be synchronized with ballot printing.
Recommendation # in final report:
13
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Moldova
2019
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
The legal provision that requires a minimum 40 per cent representation share for both sexes in the national constituency lists should be further clarified to ensure the balance of both genders in winnable positions on the lists.
Recommendation # in final report:
16
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Participation of Women
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Fully
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
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