Dodon Says Constitutional Court To Decide On Parliamentary Vote Recognition Until March 10

CHISINAU (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 28th February, 2019) Moldovan President Igor Dodon said on Wednesday that the country's Constitutional Court should make a final ruling concerning the issue of recognition of the parliamentary elections until March 10.

"Until Monday, the Central Election Commission (CEC) collects all information from itself and sends results to the Constitutional Court, the court has five days, until the end of next week, March 10, the court must recognize or not recognize the results of the elections. If it approves them, all the results will be sent to the parliament, and my jurisdiction will start at that moment, I can convene the first meeting of the parliament," Dodon said as broadcast by NTV Moldova.

The president noted that the first meeting of the parliament should take place no later than March 26.

Dodon also assumed that relatively low voter turnout, which slightly exceeded 49 percent, might be related to high outflow of citizens from the country.

Moldova held its general elections on Sunday. According to the CEC, Moldova's opposition Party of Socialists won with 31.15 percent of the votes. The pro-European ACUM bloc secured 26.84 percent, the ruling Democratic Party received 23.62 percent, and the conservative SOR Party got 8.32 percent.