Electoral Battles in Moldova

On October 30, Moldova will for the first time since 1996 elect its president in a nationwide vote. Previously, until 2000, the president was elected by a qualified parliamentary majority, three-fifths of the total number of deputies. However, on 4 of March, 2016 the Republic’s Constitutional Court annulled the amendment to the country’s main law. In June the European Commission for Democracy Through Law (the Venice Commission) approved the bill on changing the Electoral Code thus reverting...