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• Vladimir Ristovski, Special Representative of the CoE Secretary General, has revealed that observers representing the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe will monitor the local general elections and, as a result, will draw conclusions on the quality of Moldovan democracy. The CoE experts have recommended to the public and private broadcasting institutions to assure the media coverage of the election campaign, so as to avoid an information crisis. Their suggestions were made at the “Mass media and elections” conference, held under the CoE auspices in Chisinau, between April 17–18. The Media Division representative of the CoE has told the conference that the role of media in a fair coverage of the electoral process is crucial and “according to the CoE norms, the broadcasting institutions have to cover the entire political spectrum, so as to allow all voices, more or less convergent, to get access to the public or voters”. (after Info-Prim Neo and Basa-press)

• The Gagauz Governor, Mihail Formuzal, has shown readiness to provide with additional funds from the autonomy reserve fund for transparent ballot boxes procurement and to ensure free airtime for political parties and independent candidates running into the June 2007 general local elections. This statement has been made at a press conference held as 100 days have passed since Mr. Formuzal got the autonomy Governor office. According to him, the main task of regional authorities, taking into account the upcoming local elections, is to ensure equal conditions for all political parties and independent candidates, as well as to avoid the administrative resources misuse during the election campaign. In this vein, the Gagauz Governor has pointed out that regional elections held at the end of last year are an example of how are to be held nowadays the electoral competitions. (after Basa-press)