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• Veaceslav Iordan, ad-interim General Mayor of Chisinau, has temporarily self-suspended from the office while campaigning, his duties falling now on Deputy Mayor Petru Svet. The candidates earlier registered have received their registration certificates, and the local public authorities have set out the places for electoral meetings and to advertise electoral materials.

• The Republican Council of the Agrarian Party of Moldova has decided to support in these local elections the electoral platform of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM). The decision is based on the ground that “the goals and programmatic targets reflected in its documents are similar to those of the PCRM”.

  Representatives of the “Forta Noua” (“New Force”) Movement has announced the CEC that it won’t participate in local general elections of June 3.

• CEC has approved the ballot paper patterns for local general elections of June 3. According to CEC, the ballot papers will differ in colours: those for the Chisinau general mayor office will be of light green colour; for other mayor offices — white; for counsellors in villages and cities councils — light blue; for counsellors in rayonal councils — of beige colour.

• CEC has accredited 10 long-term international observers representing the OSCE.

• CEC has confirmed as well as the Humanist Party, Christian Democratic People’s Party and Social Liberal Party representative members with consultative vote right in this electoral body.

• CEC has rejected the Republican Popular Party (RPP) and Party of Social Democracy (PSD) appeals on the annulment of the candidates registration order by the Causeni electoral district council.