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MOLDOVANS VOTE IN REFERENDUM ON PRESIDENCY

07.09.2010 [20:55]
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Baku, September 7 (AZERTAC). Moldova held a referendum Sunday on whether the country`s president will in the future be elected by popular nationwide vote, according to voanews.

Opinion polls ahead of the referendum showed the voters would reject the current system in which the president is elected by parliament. The opposition Communist Party has called for a boycott of the vote.

Speaker of parliament Mihai Ghimpu, a member of the pro-Western ruling coalition, has been acting president for the past year.

If the referendum is successful, Prime Minister Vlad Filat and center-left politician Marian Lupu are expected to run for president.

Filat said Sunday the ruling alliance expects the referendum will enable holding early presidential and parliamentary election in November.

More than 2.6 people are eligible to vote in Moldova, which is one of the poorest European countries. One third of the voters must cast ballots for the vote to be valid.

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