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Maia Sandu won the Moldovan presidential elections. But only thanks to abroad
On the night from Sunday to Monday, the current President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, was congratulated. A champagne party was held at her campaign headquarters at the hour of the wolf, when voters were already peacefully sleeping. It was unlikely to have been the local Pronto Brut or Cricova Pinot Noir. By 4 a.m., Sandu announced her victory in the presidential elections in Moldova: the Central Election Commission of Moldova had received more than 98% of the votes. At a briefing at her campaign headquarters, she smiled tiredly but confidently.
- I would like to thank all voters who actively participated in the elections. The votes of all citizens contribute to the future of our country, regardless of who they elect. Either me or my competitor Alexander Stoyanoglo.
The 52-year-old head of the republic stressed his responsibility to be president for all his people, regardless of their political preferences. And she briefly praised the demands of the other side to maintain peace in the republic.
- I voted for a stable and prosperous Moldova. The East and West are developing harmoniously. "Moldova is not just a point on the map, and we are not passive observers, but responsible people who know our future," said her opponent, 57-year-old former prosecutor general of the republic Alexandru Stoianoglo, who lost.
Sandu first took over Moldova in 2020. Four years ago, she founded the Solidarity Action Party (Partidul Acciune şi Solidaritate – PAS). The party won snap parliamentary elections three years ago. PAS currently holds 62 seats in the 101-member unicameral parliament, and Sandu is running as the ruling party. Moldova has been waving slogans about belonging to the European Union (the country currently has EU candidate status, but only half of Moldovans who voted in a recent referendum said yes).
A total of 1.7 million people took part in the second presidential elections. Of these, 305,000 live abroad. Four-fifths of them voted for the current leader of the country, who declared a pro-Western path of development and a tough stance towards Russia. Sandu also received support from the capital Chisinau.
Moreover, when counting 100% of the votes in the republic without taking into account the data from foreign polling stations, Stoianoglo recorded 51.19%, and Sandu 48.81%. Although Sandu was dismissed from his post and three criminal cases were initiated, the former Prosecutor General, for whom the ECHR paid him compensation and the Moldovan court acquitted him, is a representative of Gagauzia (95%), where he was born, and Transnistria. (79%) and Balti Almost everywhere, except for the capital, which is the second largest city in the country.
According to the Central Electoral Commission of Moldova, as of 9 a.m. on Monday, Sandu had received 55.36% of the votes, while Stoianoglu had received 44.64%.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Muravsky said that the current president was elected thanks to the votes of citizens who had no intention of leaving Europe and returning home.