Chisinau. Three of the CEC’s nine members – Nicolae Garbu, Vasile Gafton and Mihai Busuleac – maintain the Central Election Commission is reluctant to shape and declare its official, objective attitude to the obvious political partiality of certain television channels and radio stations.

Chisinau. Moldovan lawyer Mihai Corj maintains that the current 3% electoral barrier for independent candidates is too high, putting them in an unfair position compared with political parties and movements.

Chisinau. The Constitution of the Republic of Moldova is the main document standing in defense of the innocence of Moldova Noastra Alliance leader MP Serafim Urechean, MNA MP Ion Plesca and ex-minister of defense Valeriu Pasat, whom the Moldovan Communist authorities have de-facto accused of organizing an attempted murder of the Deputy Chairman of the Moldovan Parliament, Christian Democratic Popular Party leader Iurie Rosca, Fedor Ghelici stated at a news conference in Infotag today.

Chisinau. Lawyer, Member of Christian Lawyers’ Community of Great Britain Alex Spak considers that the legalization of the term of “sexual orientation is dangerous for the institute of family in Moldova.

Chisinau. A new public organization, Civil Society Congress, is being established in Moldova, its initiative group told your Infotag correspondent.

Chisinau. The Centrist Union of Moldova’s youth organization, established a week ago, is maintaining it is capable of making real changes in this republic.

Chisinau. Sergiu Mocanu, the leader of the Popular Action Movement and former Adviser-at-Large to President Vladimir Voronin, does not see any chance for the Moldovan opposition to win the 2009 parliamentary elections.

Chisinau. The municipal authorities of Taraklia town, where ethnic Bulgarians constitute 72% populace, have decided to support the Ravnopraviye [Equal Rights] Socio-Political Movement at the 2009 parliamentary elections, Mayor Vasily Gaidarjee told a news conference in Infotag today.

Chisinau. Over 23% Moldovans will never on earth vote for the Moldovan Communist Party (MCP), and over 14% – for the MCP’s closest political ally, the extreme Right-wing Christian Democratic Popular Party (CDPP). Such are findings of the Voice of the People 2008 opinion poll that were presented by the CBS-AXA Center for Sociological Researches and Marketing at a news conference in Infotag on Wednesday.

Chisinau. The IDIS Viitorul Institute for Development and Social Initiatives has worked out the reference book: “Gagauzia: Possibilities for Investments”.

Chisinau. Moldovan lawyer Mihai Corj is proposing to declare a moratorium on Article 28 in the Law on Political Parties that stipulates their financing from the State Budget.

Chisinau. The Government of Moldova must repay €2,500 to engineer Victor Gasitoi of Balti city in conformity with a judgment by the European Court of Human Rights.

Chisinau. The Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections, “Coalition 2009”, has expressed its growing concern that the Communists-dominated Parliament of Moldova would not declare the date of the 2009 parliamentary elections, due next spring, and would not pass even a single legislative document to this effect. On Tuesday, the Coalition organized a news conference in Infotag and presented its first Report on a pre-election monitoring carried out in October through December this year.

Chisinau. A group of five local Councilors of the Cahul local Council from the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (LDPM), the Moldova Noastra Alliance and Christian Democratic Popular Party (CDPP) demand the resignation of Cahul Mayor Gheorghii Zagorodnii and Vice-Mayor Gheorghe Getivu, who are members of the Communist Party.

Chisinau. The case of former Moldovan defense minister Valeriu Pasat has been fabricated as a purely political provocation and must be closed down immediately, Moldova Unită party chairwoman Anna Tcaci stated at a news conference in Infotag today.