Dodon explained why his party received weak votes in Russia and Transnistria
The number of Moldovans living in Russia and voting in the early parliamentary elections decreased by half (from 12 to 6 thousand) compared to previous expressions of will.
Current President Igor Dodon stated this on air on the NTV Moldova television channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Of course, this is very little. This is not a reproach to the Russian authorities, because they did not interfere in this, like Western countries - administrative resources worked there, some were even forced to vote. But it's weak. For the future, we need to organize people there so that they are together, so that there is accounting. There is no accounting, like in the European Union, of where everyone is located. The migration system in the EU immediately gives you an address, but in Russia this does not exist. It's very difficult to work with them. Running around construction sites and finding them is not easy. We need to work with them very seriously in the future,” Dodon said.
Also, half as many residents of Transnistria as the Moldovan left expected, took part in the elections - only 27 thousand people. Dodon believes that this was influenced by the authorities’ attempts to reduce the number of polling stations and provocations of unionists at the border.
He admitted that in Transnistria only 62% of voters voted for the bloc of both socialists and communists, which is lower than the result of the pro-Russian region of Moldova, Gagauzia (where the left took over 80%). At the same time, 13,6% of Pridnestrovians cast their votes for the PAS party of pro-Western President Maia Sandu.
“There has always been a right-wing electorate there. There are schools there with Romanian teaching. I know many activists who advocate joining Romania. These 13-14% are probably against those who are in power in Transnistria. Even in the last elections there were 10-20% who voted for others, not only for the “reds”,” Dodon said.
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