Chisinau, CEC - The electoral period for the presidential elections scheduled for autumn will begin on the 31^st of August 2016. A decision on this issue was adopted today by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. In this regards, deputies modified the decision no. 55 of April 1, 2016, by which the electoral period should have had to begin on the 30^th of July 2016.

We would like to underline that this decision was taken in the context of the amendments to the Electoral Code which regulate the new procedure for organizing and conducting elections of the President of the Republic of Moldova.

Thus, Central Electoral Commission will develop and approve, in a due time, the elections timetable that represents a structured document and includes the actions to be undertaken during the electoral period and the deadlines established according to the responsibilities of the main electoral stakeholders.

We would like to remind you that, on the 4^th of March 2016, the Constitutional Court has decided to reinvigorate the provisions of the Article 78 of Constitution that established the procedure of election of the President of the Republic of Moldova by universal, equal, direct, secret and freely expressed voting, in the way that existed till 2000.