Moscow. Moldova, a small republic of the former Soviet Union, wedged between Romania and Ukraine, re-elected this Sunday Maia Sandu, the main promoter of integration with the European Union, as president of that country for the next four years.
Sandu won, in the second round of the presidential elections, over Alexander Stoianoglo, a candidate nominated by the Moldovan socialist party that defends greater rapprochement with Russia.
At around 01:30 (Chisinau time), the Central Election Commission of Moldova reported that, with 98.60 percent of the ballots counted, Sandu obtained 54.91 percent compared to 45.09 percent for his rival.
The uncertainty about who won remained almost until the final vote, as the results were announced due to the polarization of the electorate, with – on one side – the inhabitants of Chisinau and other cities, as well as Moldovan migrants, who prefer European accession and – on the other – the rural population, like that of the separatist region of Transnistria and the autonomous region of Gagauzia, which tend more towards Russia.
Thus, two hours earlier, with close to 90 percent of the vote, Stoianoglo had 50.49 percent and Sandu was behind with 49.53 percent, but the Moldovans abroad – the diaspora were able to exercise their right to vote in 37 countries – tipped the balance in favor of the outgoing president, as happened with the constitutional referendum that was approved with 50.46 percent of the vote or a difference of just 10,500 ballots.
Moldova is a parliamentary republic and formally the powers of the presidency are symbolic, but in the case of Sandu this is not the case because, in the 2021 legislative elections, her Action and Solidarity Party obtained the absolute majority in Parliament and she is the one who has the last word in the government of Prime Minister Dorin Recean.
For this reason, analysts consider that the future of Moldova as a country closer to the European Union and Russia further away, or vice versa, actually depends on the legislative elections of 2025, although the elected president still has time to try to convince the benefits of your project to a greater number of Moldovans.
The pro-EU president, Maia Sandu, claimed her second term after a second round of elections seen as a decision of the electorate between Europe and Russia. Via Graphic News
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