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Law No. 100/2025 was drafted following the presidential election and the constitutional referendum held on 20 October and 3 November 2024 and following a decision by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova, which, while confirming the election results, identified an unprecedented level of electoral corruption and called on Parliament to improve the legal mechanisms to combat this phenomenon. The amendments introduced by Law No. 100/2025 represent a very ambitious response to electoral corruption and related threats to democratic processes in the Republic of Moldova. They reflect the determination to address structural weaknesses that allowed for large-scale vote buying, illicit political financing, reviving of the activity of parties previously declared unconstitutional, the instrumentalisation of extremist networks, disinformation campaigns, and, as an overarching concern, hostile foreign influence. The law adopts a comprehensive, cross-sectoral approach, combining criminal, administrative, electoral, security and data-protection measures, and seeks to ensure that enforcement mechanisms are capable of operating within the time-sensitive context of electoral processes.