The main favorites for the post of mayor of Chisinau, Ion Ceban and Lilian Karp, made their first statements on Sunday evening after the polls closed. In the messages sent, both candidates for the mayor’s office of the capital of the Republic of Moldova claimed that there was a higher turnout in these elections than in 2019, News.ro reports.

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The suspended mayor of the capital, Ion Ceban, who is running for another mandate from the party he leads – the National Alternative Movement (MAN), made his first statements to the press after the elections. Ceban said that he will accept the vote of the residents of Chisinau, whoever he is.

“On behalf of the entire team of the National Alternative Movement – MAN – I want to say a big thank you to you and, first of all, to the residents of Chisinau. The municipality of Chisinau voted, which is quite a significant presence. Now for us, as well as for those who voted, the most important thing is to ensure the safety of the vote of every resident. And that is exactly what we are going to do in the near future. I would like to inform you that at this stage, in addition to the official figures that we saw in the register of the Central Election Commission, we have the figure of approximately 12 thousand votes submitted according to additional lists. And here it forces us to be very vigilant. We will count every vote. (…) Expectations exactly correspond to the voice of the residents. As they voted, we will get it,” said Ion Ceban, NewsMaker.md reports.

On the other hand, the candidate of the ruling party Action and Solidarity (PAS) Lilian Karp made her first statements after the polls closed in a program on TV8. Lilian Karp noted that there was a higher voter turnout in these elections than in 2019, which will provide “greater legitimacy” to the future mayor of Chisinau.

Lilian Karp (Photo: Inquam Photos / Elena Covalenco)

“The impressions are good. It is important that we had a better turnout than in 2019. It means that people care about Chisinau, and as I have said in many meetings in this election campaign, it is important that people go out to vote and give more legitimacy to Chisinau. the future mayor of Chisinau, who will be Only by a large presence can we say that whoever will rule the capital for the next 4 years has received the legitimate vote of the majority of the population,” Karp said.

The Republic of Moldova held local elections on Sunday, the eighth of its kind since the Republic of Moldova’s independence, and they took place on the same day across the country, including the autonomous region of Gagauzia. , with the exception of only settlements under the control of an unrecognized administration in Transnistria.

In these elections, which take place two years after a pro-Western government came to power, representatives of the local state administration, namely 898 mayors and 11,058 local councils (district, municipal, city, communal and village).

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