Non-parliamentary party asks for recount

The Christian Democratic People's Party (CDPP) released a statement today asking for a recount of the ballots cast during the July 29 parliamentary elections.

The statement says that „the CDPP would like to express its disagreement with the preliminary results of the July 29, 2009 early parliamentary elections and, according to the electoral code, would like to ask the Constitutional Court to recount the ballots before elections are validated."

The CDPP garnered less than two percent of the vote on July 29, and about three percent on April 5, falling short of winning seats both times.

Before April 5, the Christian Democrats had been in every single legislature since Moldova's independence and were generally considered to be the longest-living inheritor of the National Front movements that appeared in the Soviet Union at the end of the 1980s. CDPP head Iurie Rosca has also been a highly visible figure in Moldovan politics since independence.

The CDPP lost a lot of support after it helped elect President Vladimir Voronin (Party of Communists) in 2005. Until then, the Christian Democrats had been loud opponents of the ruling party, and their leaders had exchanged numerous harsh accusations. There was a rapprochement between the two parties after 2005, however, and Iurie Rosca is currently acting deputy Prime Minister responsible for the coordination of security forces in Moldova.

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