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Moldovan court postpones election recount request
Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:00am EDT
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CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova's Constitutional Court postponed for one day on Saturday a hearing on the president's request for a recount in disputed parliamentary elections won by his Communist Party.
The result led to violent protests in the former Soviet republic. Opposition parties called a new rally for Sunday to denounce what they described as arbitrary detentions and the mistreatment of demonstrators.
President Vladimir Voronin, whose Communist Party ended the elections last Sunday far ahead of its rivals, says the pro-Western and liberal opposition had plotted a coup.
He has also accused neighboring Romania of fomenting the turmoil, in which protesters ransacked parliament and the president's office. But he offered the recount on grounds that it would restore trust and calm.
Court chairman Dumitru Pulbere said judges would consider his request on Sunday once it received official results from election officials.
"We are trying to work as quickly as possible," he told reporters in the court's session hall. "There is no precedent of a recount in Moldova since independence in 1991. In any case, we have 10 days to validate the election results."
Eight of the court's nine judges have been appointed under Voronin since 2001 and the court is likely to back the request.
ELECTION OFFICIALS APPROVE RESULTS
The election commission later said it had given final approval to its results of the poll for transfer to the court.
In Brussels, the European Union's Commissioner for External relations, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, welcomed a "consensus" on a recount. "I encourage all concerned parties to engage into dialogue in a constructive spirit," she said in a statement.
After a phone conversation with Voronin, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said the EU supported Moldova in its mission to get closer to the 27-nation bloc. "In this regard, further consolidation of democratic processes and institutions is key," said a statement issued by Solana's office.
Voronin's press service said the president had asked Solana to dispatch an EU mission to Moldova to examine the election and its aftermath. It said the foreign policy chief had agreed to examine the Moldovan request "as a priority."
The Communists, who back closer ties with the West while upholding links with Moscow, won nearly 50 percent of the vote.
That would give them 60 seats, one short of the number required to secure the election of their candidate when the 101-seat assembly chooses a new president.
Voronin cannot serve a third term, but has said he wants to remain in a decision-making role. Continued...
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