Sandu takes office as Moldova’s president for her second term
Baku, December 24, AZERTAC
Maia Sandu has been inaugurated as the president of Moldova for her second term of office in a ceremony broadcast by Moldova-1 television, according to TASS.
Parliamentarians, members of the Constitutional Court, and foreign diplomats attended her inauguration. Constitutional Court President Manole Domnica read out the decision on the results of last month’s presidential election before proclaiming Sandu president of the Republic of Moldova.
Under Moldovan laws, a person cannot serve as president for more than two consecutive terms.
On November 3, the former Soviet republic held a run-off presidential election in which incumbent leader Sandu received 55.33% of the vote, defeating her rival, opposition candidate Alexandr Stoianoglo, who secured 51% of the vote at polling stations within the country. Sandu secured her victory after more than 300,000 Moldovan labor migrants voted at 200 polling stations set up in EU countries. The Central Election Commission received numerous complaints about the abuse of administrative resources and the organized dispatching of voters, but these were rejected.
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