Home > 1.1.3.2 Submission of a list of candidates > MOLDOVA - Electoral Code 2016 and 2017 Law for Amending and Completing Certain Legislative Acts (Electoral System for the Election of Parliament)
 
 
 
Download file    
 
 
Article 46
 

Guaranteed Rights of Candidates


(1) The candidates shall participate in the electoral campaign on an equal basis and shall have equal access to mass media, including radio and television, financed by the state budget.


(2) All candidates shall be guaranteed equal opportunities for technical and material support and funding of the electoral campaign.


(3) Candidates are entitled for unpaid detachment from their permanent employment during the electoral campaign.


(4) repealed


(5) During the electoral period, candidates may not be dismissed or transferred to another job or position without their consent. Candidates cannot be held criminally liable, arrested, detained or subjected to any administrative sanctions without the consent of the election administration body which registered them, with exception of flagrant offenses.


(6) A candidate may, no later than seven days prior to the elections day, withdraw his candidacy by addressing in writing a declaration to this effect to the election administration body which registered his candidacy. Parties, socio-political organisations and electoral blocs may introduce any amendments in registered lists of candidates subject to the above speci!ed timeframe and to the provisions of Articles 79 and 126. Upon the expiration of the above mentioned timeframe, the registration of an electoral contestant can be cancelled only by the election administration body that registered him/her on the basis of a court of law decision, as well as in case of the candidate’s death or conditions outlines in Article 13, paragraph (2).


(61) A candidate’s application to withdraw from the list of an electoral contest, submitted during the term established by paragraph (6), shall be examined by the respective competent party’s body within 3 days.


(7) If an electoral contestant withdraws his/her candidacy or his/her registration is cancelled a!er ballot papers have already been printed, the precinct electoral bureau shall stamp “withdrawn” (“Retras” in the original) next to his/her name on the ballot.


(8) The electoral contestant who has withdrawn his/her candidacy is obliged to return the material and financial assistance which he/she has received from the state budget to conduct the electoral campaign.