Initiative Groups Supporting the Candidates for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova

(1) If citizens launched the initiative to support a candidate for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova, an initiative group shall be established to this end, which should be composed of at least 25 persons and at most 100 persons eligible to vote. The initiative group shall be established during a meeting where the respective candidate is supported, the leader of the initiative group is elected, and the list of initiative group members is approved, stating their identity data. The initiative group may support only one candidate for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova. The members of an initiative group may not be members of another initiative group at the same time. In case of political parties and electoral blocs, the initiative groups shall be established under similar conditions.

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

(3) If the aforementioned conditions are met, the Central Electoral Commission shall register the initiative group and issue badges to the group members within 3 days from the date of submitting the list.