At the request of the electoral opponents, the district electoral council shall accredit an observer for the supervision of elections at the polling stations. The trusted persons of the candidates may also be accredited as observers. If the district electoral council rejects the candidacy proposed for accreditation by the electoral opponent in compliance with the provisions of this Paragraph graph, it shall brief him on the grounds of the taken decision.
At the request of the electoral opponents, the Central Elections Commission shall accredit an observer for the supervision of elections at the polling stations established abroad the Republic of Moldova’s territory. Both Republic of Moldova’s citizens and representatives of international and foreign non-governmental organizations may be accredited as observers.
[Paragraph 2, article 63 as amended by the Law no.1439-XIV from 28.12.2000]
The Ministry of External Affairs shall accredit, as observers of elections, representatives of international organizations, foreign governments and foreign non-governmental organizations.
Based on the decision of the Central Elections Commission, the district electoral councils shall accredit observers representing qualified public associations from the Republic of Moldova. Qualified shall be considered the public association dealing, according to its statute, with human rights' or democratic values' protection and is considered by the Central Elections Commission or, in case of rayon associations, by the district electoral council, as able to exercise civic functions during the elections.
Accredited observers shall be entitled to assist at all the electoral operations, including the ones carried out on the day of elections, without interfering with the electoral process, or at other electoral operations carried out by the electoral councils and committees and to inform the chairman of the electoral council or committee about the found violations. Observers may, at their own expense, request copies of electoral documents.
