CEC denies claims of seeking to void “Democracy at Home” Party mandates, calling them “speculations”
The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) did not request the Constitutional Court to invalidate the mandates of the "Democracy at Home" political party (PDA), led by Vasile Costiuc. The clarification was made by CEC Vice-President Pavel Postica during the "Rezoomat" show on RLive. According to him, the CEC requested that the magistrates of the High Court validate the mandates of all candidates who had passed the electoral threshold.
“The Central Electoral Commission requested the Court to examine the validation of the mandates of five electoral competitors, who, according to the majority of the members of the Central Electoral Commission, have access to Parliament, have passed the electoral threshold,” stated Postica.
The CEC Vice-President recalled that sanctions previously targeted the party led by Vasile Costiuc.
“As for the “Democracy at Home” Party, the Commission has repeatedly attested to deviations and violations, including financial indiscipline, for which it has applied the necessary sanctions. Likewise, in the case of the aforementioned political party, the Central Electoral Commission has attested that this electoral competitor used a combination that is quite worrying for the Central Electoral Commission - and I believe also for the future of electoral processes in the Republic of Moldova - in which he involved foreign citizens, including those declared undesirable on the territory of the Republic of Moldova, in electoral campaigning, something expressly prohibited by law and which may lead to the cancellation of the electoral competitor's registration", Pavel Postica pointed out.
Referring to the statements that appeared in the public space about a possible invalidation of the PDA mandates, the CEC vice-president qualified these statements as "speculations".
"These are speculations made by this electoral competitor to maintain himself in public attention, on an artificially created topic. He is victimizing himself", declared the CEC vice-president.
We remind you that the "Democracy at Home" Party was sanctioned on October 3 and 5 by the Central Electoral Commission for incorrect financial reporting, a coordinated campaign on TikTok and the involvement of individuals from abroad in the party's electoral promotion. Thus, the PDA was deprived of funding from the state budget until November 2027.
The Constitutional Court is expected to decide next week whether to validate the results of the September 28 parliamentary elections and the mandates of the elected deputies.
The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 16, starting at 10:00.
The "Democracy at Home" Party secured 88,679 votes, or 5.62%, in the parliamentary elections held on September 28, 2025.
