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Article 63
 

Observers


(1) At the request of any electoral contestant, the district electoral council shall accredit an observer for each polling station to monitor the elections. The authorised representatives of candidates may also be accredited as an observer. In the event the district council nds that an individual proposed for accreditation under this paragraph is unacceptable, it shall inform the electoral contestant who proposed that person of the reasons. The refusal to register observers must be justified and can be appealed according to hierarchical jurisdiction, and then, in a court of law.


(2) At the request of candidates, the Central Electoral Commission shall accredit an observer for monitoring elections in polling stations established outside the Republic of Moldova. Observers who can be accredited include citizens of the Republic of Moldova who are out of the country, and representatives of international and foreign nongovernmental organisations.


(3) Upon request, the Central Electoral Commission will accredit the representatives of international organisations, foreign governments and non-governmental organisations as election observers, as well as their interpreters.


(4) By decision of the Central Electoral Commission or the district electoral councils shall be accredited representatives of competent public associations from the Republic of Moldova to observe the elections. For purposes of this paragraph, a “competent” public association is one which is committed under its statute to promote human rights and democratic values.


(5) Observers accredited by the Central Electoral Commission shall have the right to monitor election processes on the territory of the entire country and at all polling stations, but observers accredited by district electoral councils shall have that right only on the territory of respective district. Accredited observers are entitled to attend any electoral procedures and meetings of electoral administration bodies, including on elections day, without interfering with the voting process or other election procedures, and to report any irregularities observed to the chairperson of an electoral bureau. Observers have access to all electoral information, to voters’ lists, to the minutes drawn up by the electoral bodies, they may take photos and video by notifying the chairperson of the electoral body, without jeopardising voting secrecy and security, whilst national observers may submit notifications on the revealed irregularities, which are to be examined by the chairperson of the electoral body, by informing the author of the notification on the taken decision. The accredited observers may continue their activity in the second round of elections, as well as during the repeated elections/referendum.


(6) Observers can be accredited before the electoral period begins and can perform their activity on elections day and also in the periods before, during and after the elections. Regulation on accreditation of observers shall be made by a decision of the Central Electoral Commission.


(7) To ensure the e$cient activity of international observers during the electoral period, the Central Electoral Commission creates the Protocol Office of Accredited International Observers. e numeric composition and principles of activity of this Office are established by a decision of the Central Electoral Commission.