Initiative groups for supporting the candidates for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova

(1) If the initiative to support the candidate for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova comes from the citizens, an initiative group shall be established for supporting the candidate, which should be composed of at least 25 persons and at most 100 persons with the right to vote. e initiative group shall be established as a result of a meeting, during which the candidate for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova is supported, the leader of the initiative group is elected, and the lists of the initiative group members is approved, indicating their identity data. The initiative group may support,, only one candidate for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova. The members of a group of initiative cannot be members of another group of initiative at the same time. In case of political parties and electoral blocs, the initiative groups shall be established under the same conditions.

(2) The list of the initiative group members, indicating the leader of the group, shall be submitted to the Central Electoral Commission at least 50 days before the elections date by the person proposed as candidate for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova. The name and surname, year of birth, and domicile of the initiative group members shall be indicated in the list.

(3) If these conditions are met, the Central Electoral Commission shall register the initiative group and shall issue to the members of this group badges within 3 days since the date the members’ list was submitted.