Ruling Alliance member to challenge Constitutional Court's refusal to change seat distribution formula to European Court of Human Rights

Imedia has previously written about the conflict between two Alliance for European Integration members and the Central Electoral Commission over the formula to be used for the distribution of seats in the new Parliament.

The Moldova Noastra [Our Moldova] Alliance (7 seats) and the Liberal Party (15 seats) are asking for one more seat each to make the vote-to-seat proportion fairer. The two parties say that the d'Hondt method, which is currently used to distribute seats gained in a proportional representation system like Moldova's, favors large parties and distorts the choices expressed by Moldovans.

The Constitutional Court recently rejected Moldova Noastra's appeal for changing the formula, and Nicolae Railean, the party's representative, said he would appeal this decision at the European Court of Human Rights.

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