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Pro-Europe party of Moldova's president wins local elections, sees setbacks in big cities
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Sunday’s elections to pick 12,000 local officials nationwide, including the mayor of Chisinau, were seen as a test of President Maia Sandu’s pro-European course and took place amid allegations of Russian meddling, which Moscow denies.
Sandu’s ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won more than 40% of the votes cast for mayors, city councillors and district and village councils nationwide.
In the capital, incumbent mayor Ion Cebal said on Monday he had defeated Lilian Carp of PAS, narrowly avoiding a second round with 50.62% of the vote according to the preliminary results.
Ahead of the votes last week, Sandu accused Russia of “buying” voters by funnelling $5 million over two months to “criminal groups” led by Shor, who lives abroad and has been convicted in absentia for his role in a bank fraud.
Infrastucture Minister Andrei Spinu, vice chairman of PAS, said the main takeaway of the election was that Moldova’s “pro-European choice has won confidently across the whole country”.
This is the last national vote in Moldova before a presidential election due in November 2024, as the small ex-Soviet state bordering Romania tries to advance its bid to join the European Union and leave Russia’s orbit.
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