EPDE is searching for experts to conduct research based on its “Catalogue of Recommendations on Electoral Reform” on the following topics: party and election campaign financing, freedom of speech. 

This coalition of election monitors in Moldova, including our member Promo-LEX, observed the following issues throughout the General local elections and by-elections: limitations of the freedom of voter information, the hindering of work of election management bodies, inconsistent candidate registration practices, a lack of impartial media, and the obstruction of the work of national observers.

The Promo-LEX Observation Mission for the General Local Elections and Parliamentary By-elections of 20 October 2019 is concerned about the modification of some legislative acts, by Law no. 113/2019, which has been made during the electoral period. The OM also finds a precarious situation in observing the working hours by electoral officials, a failure to declare all the campaign expenses and involvement of foreign persons in electoral activities.

Belarusian Parliamentary elections will take place on 17 November 2019 and during the formation of district and precinct election commissions (DECs and PECs) it has been observed that the absence of legal guarantees for the representation of all political actors on the election commissions has resulted in discriminatory treatment towards opposition parties. E.g. out of 495 nominees to the PECs, 21 come from opposition parties.