Restrictions on the exercise of electoral rights

(1) Shall not have the right to vote persons who do not meet the conditions laid down in Article 14.

(2) Cannot be elected:

a) active duty military persons;
b) persons referred to in paragraph (1);
c) persons who are sentenced to prison (deprivation of liberty) by a final Court decision, as well as individuals who have active criminal records for deliberately committed crimes. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and/or National Integrity Agency shall notify the electoral bodies about the existence of criminal records;
d) private persons who are deprived of the right to hold responsible public positions by final judicial decision. The electoral bodies shall be informed of the existence of the prohibition by the Ministry of Justice, the National Integrity Authority and/or the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

(3) Candidates in elections, where appropriate, the participants in the referendum who, due to the hold position, are required to observe the legal rules governing conflicts of interest, incompatibility and other restrictions and limitations provided for by special legal rules, including in order to prevent the unlawful use of administrative resources during the electoral period, shall suspend their activity in that position, from the beginning of the electoral campaign. The persons who fall under these provisions are:

a) Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers and the ex officio Members of Government;
b) Secretary General of the President of the Republic of Moldova Office, Secretary General of the Parliament, Secretary General of the Government, Deputy General Secretaries of the Government, State Secretaries, Secretaries General of Ministers; c) Heads and Deputy Heads of central public authorities and organisational structures falling within their sphere of competence;
d) Chairpersons and Deputy–Chairpersons of rayons;
e) Mayors and Deputy Mayors;
f) Praetors and Deputy Praetors;
g) Secretaries of Local councils and of City Halls;
h) officials/employees that have the obligation to suspend their employment relationships in accordance with the specific legal rules governing their activity.