President Maia Sandu said she voted “for a Parliament that respects the country and its citizens, with which we can continue to build a European Moldova”. She appealed to citizens to come to the elections: “Moldova, our dear home, is in danger and needs the help of every vote”.
PAS leader Igor Grosu said after the vote that he felt a sense of joy, but at the same time a great responsibility: “Because these are not just elections – they will determine not only the next four years, but also our lives and how we will build our society for many, many years to come”.
Vladimir Voronin, leader of the PCRM, which is part of the Electoral Patriotic Bloc, said that “these and previous authorities have driven Moldova into a deadlock in which it has been for 16 years”.
And Igor Dodon, PSRM leader from the same bloc, said he voted for “a return to normality and for Moldova’s development.” And he expressed hope that citizens would come out en masse to the ballot boxes. He called on citizens “tomorrow to be ready to defend the victory” and to gather at 12-00 near the Parliament for a peaceful protest. He believes that the authorities have a plan to “annul the elections according to the Romanian scenario”.
Irina Vlach, whose party was excluded from the election, said she voted “for freedom, for democracy, for inter-ethnic harmony and for social cohesion.” “We don’t want to live the way we have lived for the last four years!” – Vlach said.
Ion Ceban, one of the leaders of the Alternative bloc, said the current campaign was “unprecedentedly dirty, there was a lot of venom and hatred, dividing people into their own and strangers, by the way people think and talk.” He said that he voted “against fear and misinformation, division and division of people, as well as for the development of the Republic of Moldova”.
Another leader of the bloc, Mark Tcaciuc, voted “for Moldova to no longer be the ‘crossroads of all troubles’ but to become the crossroads of justice and dignity.”
And Ion Cicu voted “for a peaceful Republic of Moldova, where people respect each other, seek solutions together and show solidarity in the face of problems”.
Renato Usatii, chairman of Our Party, came to the polling station together with his party colleagues. “I voted for a strong Moldova, in which European and world standards become a reality, so that every citizen is heard and cared for. The national development vector will be the main priority!”, Usatii said.
According to the CEC, voters are expected at 2,274 polling stations, of which 1,973 are located on the territory of Moldova, including 12 polling stations for residents from the left bank of the Nistru River, and 301 polling stations abroad. Of these, 4 polling stations are intended for voting by mail. The polling stations abroad will be open until 21:00 local time of each country.
More than 3.6 million ballot papers were printed for the elections, of which 865 thousand were sent to the polling stations abroad. There are 23 contestants on the ballot. The voting process can be followed on the platform pv.cec.md After the polling stations close and the protocols are processed, the preliminary results will be published there.
