The preliminary end result of the second election for the presidency in Moldova is there: incumbent Maia Sandu has clearly won with 55.35 percent of the votes. Her competitor Alexandr Stoianoglo received 44.65 percent.
The observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) assessed the elections as largely positive. However, it showed how divided the country is. The elected president will have to build bridges to bridge the social divide, it was said.
The Socialist Party of pro-Russian ex-president Igor Dodon, for which Stoianoglo stood as a candidate, did not recognize the result – as in the past. The party states that elections are always decided by Moldovans abroad. Head of State Sandu owed her victory to the diaspora. It is considered pro-European.
Observer: No consequences
Political observers assume that the election results will initially have no consequences for the country. Stoianoglo himself acknowledged the result and called for calm.
Congratulations to the president came from the governments of Germany, France, Great Britain and the US, among others. French President Emmanuel Macron spoke of a ‘triumph of democracy’. The European Commission praised the “successful conduct of the elections despite unprecedented Russian interference, including vote buying, and disinformation.”
Here you can see Karl Nehammer’s tweet.
Nehammer and Kogler congratulated
Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP), his former Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs congratulated from Austria. Nehammer supports the Republic of Moldova “on its European path,” he said on Platform X.
Source: Krone
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