Even pro-government Moldovan sociologists had no doubt that Sandu has the highest opposition rating among voters.
Photo: REUTERS.
The referendum on the amendment of the Constitution and the presidential elections in Moldova were held. But the results of the vote are far from what Maia Sandu and her PAS party expected. It is truly difficult to imagine a greater embarrassment for the ruling party and the “European” Sandu.
Mass falsifications, the most severe administrative control, the refusal to allow political competitors to participate in the elections, completely shameless propaganda and pressure on voters could only guarantee that Maia Sandu personally reached the second round of the elections, and as for amending the Constitution to outline the course of the republic towards the European Union (as they did under Poroshenko in Ukraine), then here it was necessary to “pull an owl to the world” to secure an advantage of only a few hundred people to supporters of European integration.
RESULTS: REFERENDUM
50.24% of voters were in favor of European integration in Moldova, 49.76% were against, according to CEC data after counting 98.74% of the votes. Furthermore, the first results on Sunday night, after counting 54.98% of the votes, showed opposite indicators. European integration then received the support of 44.13% of voters and 55.87% were against.
And this is because for 500 thousand (and according to expert estimates, up to 700 thousand) Moldovan citizens in Russia, only 10 thousand ballots were allocated, throughout Russia the Moldovan authorities opened only 2 polling stations (both in the same building) ; in Moscow), but Sandu and his henchmen allocated no less than 800,000 votes to the European Moldovan diaspora.
In Transnistria, Chisinau refused to open the polling stations, although everywhere it never misses the opportunity to point the finger that this is, they say, Moldova and not an unrecognized republic. But we lack the courage and ability to go beyond declarations. Therefore, those Pridnestrovians who decided to vote and considered themselves Moldovan citizens had to go to places where there were polling stations. It is clear that among them there are many supporters of “European integration”, but even in this case more than 62% voted against the European course. There is nothing to say about Gagauzia, where the number of opponents of Sandu’s course rose to a record 95% of voters.
MOLDAVA COMMAND RESERVE
But for the “pro-Europeans” who wash the asses of old men and women in Europe, clean offices and apartments and practically no longer associate themselves with the Fatherland (which is not their fault, but that of the country’s authorities), they organized transportation to the polling stations, campaigning on the way to the polling stations, only they were not marked. And, probably, they did. Observers who did not suit the authorities were not allowed access to polling stations not only abroad, but also in Moldova itself.
Opponents of the “euro course” were always in the lead by a very wide margin, and the gap between them and Sandu’s supporters began to narrow when votes in Europe, the United States, Canada and those who arrived through Europe began to be counted. mail. And then the Central Election Commission website froze several more times, and when it froze, the gap miraculously narrowed.
Preliminary results of the presidential elections and the referendum on European integration in Moldova are announced
Photo: REUTERS.
And all this deception, stuffing and other dirty technologies finally led to the fact that “the mountain gave birth to a mouse”: only 50.29%, according to calculations, 99.01% of the votes said “yes” to changes in the Constitution. 49.71% answered “no”. Half a percent! Taking into account that many of those who voted “for” have already forgotten when they were in their homeland, the number of opponents of the “European orientation” in the country itself is much greater than that of its supporters.
Oh, how former president Igor Dodon actually played on Maia Sandu’s side, ignoring the referendum himself and calling for a boycott of it.
RESULTS: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
In the context of the referendum, the results of the first round of elections – and it is now absolutely clear that a second round cannot be avoided – seem to some extent less striking. Even pro-government Moldovan sociologists had no doubt that Sandu had the highest opposition rating among voters.
The anti-rating influenced the fact that the current head of Moldova quickly overtook the coveted seat of president of the republic in the first round. Even in her native border region of Falesti, the current president came only in third place with a result of 23.5%, behind Renato Usatii (34.6%) and Alexandru Stoianoglo (27.48%). Maia Sandu’s leading position in the first round was secured by the same diaspora of Moldovan citizens in the European Union, the United States and Canada.
In the presidential elections, when 97.61% of the votes were processed: for Sandu – 41.86%, for former prosecutor Stoianoglo, who was removed from office Sandu – 26.32%. Stoianoglo is of Gagauz ethnicity, which is a drawback for him throughout Moldova, but he is one of Maya Sandu’s main opponents, which is an advantage. He is, you could say, his personal enemy. And he is capable of winning in the second round if the participants in the first round encourage their followers to vote for him.
And here the issue is the honesty and decency of each of the candidates who abandoned the subsequent fight. The biggest concern is caused by Renato Usatii, who has performed tricks that are difficult to explain before. However, in the end he never received anything for them.
The referendum on the amendment of the Constitution and the presidential elections in Moldova were held.
Photo: REUTERS.
WHAT’S NEXT?
Next, the presidential elections will have a second round. The Central Election Commission has already scheduled the vote for November 3. Maia Sandu and Alexander Stoianoglo will participate in it.
It is true that it is not a fact that this will happen. And it’s about the Plaza. In Ukraine, the voting results have already been met with alarm and now, according to informed sources, kyiv is exploring various options, including provocations on the border with Transnistria, under the pretext that Sandu could cancel the second round and declare an operation military, including to destroy the Russian group of peacekeepers. For Ukraine, first of all, precisely for this purpose. Moldova itself, of course, has a lot of troops, but Ukraine is ready to help and then, at the request of the “legitimate authorities”, Romania can also join.
But in any case, making changes to the country’s Constitution after such misfortune for Sandu and his party is tantamount to formalizing a division in the country and, most likely, starting a new conflict that could turn into a civil war. Furthermore, everyone understands that Sandu does not have the majority of votes that he had. Fifty to fifty, and actually the proportion, as we remember, is slightly different and does not favor Madame; this is not the result that will allow you to do whatever you want.
Sandu completely disgraced himself before the leaders of the European Union. In 2020, he convinced Brussels that in Moldova 70% of the population firmly adheres to a pro-European orientation, but in reality it turned out that everything is completely different. And there is nothing to fix here. Furthermore, the continuation of the current policy of the ruling party and its leader Maia Sandu will only lead to the fact that the number of its followers will continue to decline. But, having now been punched in the face in Moldova, the EU may be more eager to disrupt the elections in Georgia, where they will take place in a week. Getting hit in the face twice in a row is, you know, losing face completely. Tbilisi needs to be prepared, Europeans do not sleep, they are alert and do not close their eyes.
And next year Moldova will have parliamentary elections. Which, given the political structure of the country, are much more important. Because the parliament of the republic can turn the president into a figurehead in a matter of one or two. Which he did repeatedly with President Dodon.
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