Electoral thriller in Moldova: Sandu favorite, but the runoff is threatened!

Electoral thriller in Moldova: Sandu favorite, but the runoff is threatened!

Chisinau, Moldau - This morning the presidential elections and a referendum about the country's European course began in Moldova. The election manager Angelica Caraman reported that the urn in the former Soviet republic without incident. In the capital Chisinau, tens of thousands of voters stood in line early on to give up their vote.

The opening of 30 polling stations in the Transnistria Region, which is renegade by Moldau, is particularly noteworthy, where the voters are essentially mainly in Romania and Ukraine. In Moscow, long snakes formed in front of the message, while people were waiting for the opportunity to vote. Moldau, which lies between Romania and Ukraine, has a status as an EU candidate.

Maia Sandu as a favorite

The pro-Western President Maia Sandu competes for re-election and at the same time has set the referendum, which is intended to anchor the EU course in the state's constitution. Eleven candidates are approved in the elections, including some who are pronounced for better relationships with Russia. Safety devices in Moldau have already uncovered disinformation and voting baking through pro -Russian groups in advance. Russia, on the other hand, complains that the EU tries to influence voters through promised billions of billions.

Sandu, 52 years old, is, according to the latest surveys, favorite of the elections with approval values of around 36 percent. If it does not achieve an absolute majority in the first ballot, a runoff election with the runner -up is expected in two weeks. The country with around 2.5 million inhabitants also has hundreds of thousands of citizens who live abroad, mainly in the EU and are also called for voting.

The polling stations in the country are open from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. CEST). Meaningful results of the elections are expected late in the evening. This event is of great importance, since it could not only influence Moldaus the political future, but also the direction in which the country wants to move with regard to EU integration. More details can be found in a detailed report on this topic www.nordbayern.de .