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Regardless of the fact that Gagauzia is an autonomous territorial unit and the fact that the Republic of Moldova has its central electoral commission, the recommendation from The Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters of the Venice Commission stated that “any central electoral commission must be permanent”[9] has its full sense and applies fully to this concrete case under consideration. As an autonomous unit in the Republic of Moldova, Gagauzia conducts elections at all levels of power in the autonomous territorial unit on the basis of its own election laws and rules where the Central Election Commission of Gagauzia plays a central role. In such a situation, the permanent status of the Central Election Commission and it being a state body with its permanent address and a distinct number of full-time competent staff is a vital element for stability of the election process. Unless this is the case, the Central Election Commission will lend itself to adjusting their specific stands to political parties and political leaders i.e. their passing interests.