CHISINAU. Nov 5 (Interfax) - Former Moldovan President Igor Dodon, leader of the Party of Socialists (PSRM), has blamed the authorities for falsifying the outcome of the presidential election, warning that the opposition will dispute it with the Constitutional Court.
"The Socialists will appeal to the CEC [Central Electoral Commission] and the Constitutional Court in the coming days regarding numerous violations allowed by the authorities in those presidential elections, which were recorded, among others, by international observers. The authorities have falsified the elections and will inevitably pay politically and legally for those falsifications," Dodon said on his social account on Tuesday.
"The Socialist candidate, Alexandr Stoianoglo, is a president elected by the majority of citizens living here, in the Republic of Moldova," Dodon said.
"He is a president elected in the country, while Maia Sandu won only in terms of figures and only with support from the outside. She is the choice of the [Moldovan] diaspora [in foreign countries], rejected by citizens who have lived and suffered directly all the four years under her leadership," Dodon said.
"Sandu has achieved a forcible result through irregularities, violations, threats, intimidation, and dictatorial use of government resources and institutions," Dodon said.
"This result calls into question Maia Sandu's legitimacy as president. She will occupy this office without being elected by the Republic of Moldova's residents," Dodon said.
"The citizens showed in those elections that PAS [the Party of Action and Solidarity] doesn't enjoy support at home anymore, which means that power in the Republic of Moldova will change after the 2025 parliamentary elections," he said.
According to the election results, Sandu won over 55.33% of the vote, while her rival, former Moldovan Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoianoglo nominated by the PSRM, garnered 44.67% of the vote.
Sandu won largely owing to massive support given to her by Moldovan citizens at polling stations outside of Moldova, where she was supported by 83% of nearly 300,000 voters who cast their ballots. At the polling stations in Moldova itself, Sandu garnered 48.81% and Stoianoglo 51.19% of the vote.