Stefan Gatcan Won the By-Election in Hincesti. PSRM Will Have Another Deputy in Parliament

PSRM candidate Stefan Gatcan won parliamentary elections in a single-member constituency No. 38 in the Hincesti district. According to the Central Election Commission, 5539 votes were in his support. The second place in the number of votes was taken by the candidate from the Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) Olesea Stamate. 4,554 voters suported her. PDM candidate Ion Mereuta won 1810 votes, and independent candidate Grigore Cobzac won 1792 votes. 346 voters voted for candidate from the political movement Unirea, the former mayor of Chisinau, Dorin Chirtoaca. The red danger code in connection with the coronavirus epidemic did not become an excuse for the Moldovan authorities to postpone the by-election to parliament in a single-member constituency No. 38 in Hincesti. The chairman of the Central Election Commission, Dorin Cimil, said that the CEC addressed the High Security Council and at the Extraordinary National Public Health Commission with the request regarding the holding of by-elections in Hincesti. They said that the government’s measures in the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus do not concern elections, but at the same time, those responsible for the elections should take all necessary measures to protect citizens. The response to the CEC’s request, which states that the orders of the Emergency National Public Health Commission to introduce the red hazard code in connection with the coronavirus epidemic, have no regard to elections, was signed by the head of the Supreme Security Council, President of Moldova Igor Dodon. Opinion leaders called for the vote to be postponed, and only one of the candidates, Dorin Chirtoaca, called on his voters not to come to the polls. NM asked other candidates why they did not refuse to participate in the elections and what do they feel about the demand of public activists to cancel the elections so as not to endanger citizens. The relevant material is available at “Intuition tells ...”. Why elections were not postponed?