Court of Appeal overturns the CEC’s decision to cut state funding for the “Democracy at Home” Party until November 2026
The "Democracy at Home" Party (PDA) could receive allocations from the state budget for the results recorded in the parliamentary elections on September 28. The Central Court of Appeal today annulled the decision of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of October 3, which sanctioned the party with the deprivation of allocations from the state budget for 12 months, starting in November 2025.
PDA lawyer, Ion Cobîșenco announced that he will appeal to the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), within three days, the decision of the Central Court of Appeal to request the full annulment of the CEC decision, through which the party was also given a warning.
"We contested the decision... which refers to the findings that PDA benefited from funding from foreign citizens. The Central Court of Appeal partially admitted our action and determined that the sanction is too serious for the alleged misconduct. As for the deprivation of state allowances, this CEC decision was quashed. We will certainly appeal to the SCJ. We believe that we have been sanctioned twice for the same facts. We are already talking about the existence of three CEC decisions based on the same facts", the lawyer declared.
We would like to point out 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 foreign individuals, banned in the Republic of Moldova, in the party's electoral promotion.
Thus, by the decision of October 3, the central electoral authority deprived PDA of funding from the state budget for 12 months, starting with November 2025, and by the decision of October 5, for another year, until November 2027.
"These penalties are extremely harsh. I believe that the goal was, in general, to eliminate us. The request of the Action and Solidarity Party was submitted on the very day of the elections, at 8:00 p.m., and was examined only a few days after the election, when it could no longer be implemented," the party's leader, Vasile Costiuc said for Moldova 1 TV.
Costiuc specified that the lack of allocations from the state budget for two years puts financial pressure on the "Democracy at Home" Party, especially in view of the local elections, which will take place in 2027.
We note that the "Democracy at Home" Party obtained 88,679 or 5.62% of the votes in the parliamentary elections of September 28, 2025 and would receive six mandates as deputies in the future Parliament.
The results of the parliamentary elections of September 28 and the mandates of the future deputies are to be validated on October 16 by the Constitutional Court.
