{"id":4268,"date":"2025-06-25T16:07:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T13:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/?p=4268"},"modified":"2025-06-25T16:07:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T13:07:03","slug":"declaratia-calc-privind-apararea-dreptului-la-vot-al-cetatenilor-moldoveni-din-diaspora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/declaratia-calc-privind-apararea-dreptului-la-vot-al-cetatenilor-moldoveni-din-diaspora-4268.html","title":{"rendered":"CALC Statement Defending the Voting Rights of Moldovan Citizens Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Chi\u0219in\u0103u, June 3, 2025<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0<b>Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections (<span class=\"markllarpzdfx\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">CALC<\/span>)<\/b>\u00a0has issued a public statement today expressing concern over a draft law aimed at limiting the voting rights of Moldovan citizens residing abroad.<\/div>\n<div>The statement emphasizes that the right to vote from abroad is a fundamental constitutional right and an essential element of the democratic process. Any unjustified restriction on this right contradicts both national legislation and Moldova\u2019s international commitments.<\/div>\n<div>Among the most concerning provisions of the proposed legislation are:<\/div>\n<ul data-end=\"1056\" data-start=\"762\">\n<li>\n<div>the requirement of prior consular registration as a precondition to vote;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>the exclusion of voters with expired identity documents;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>mechanisms that reduce the impact of votes cast from abroad;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>the misinterpretation of European Court of Human Rights case law to justify such restrictions.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span class=\"markllarpzdfx\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">CALC<\/span>\u00a0calls on the authorities, particularly the Parliament, to reject any proposal that may limit citizens&#8217; free and equal access to the vote. It also urges political parties to uphold the universal character of the right to vote.<\/div>\n<div>The full statement is attached below.<\/div>\n<div>The Secretariat of\u00a0<span class=\"markllarpzdfx\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">CALC<\/span>\u00a0is hosted by the\u00a0<b>Association for Participatory Democracy &#8220;ADEPT&#8221;<\/b>, which supports the coalition\u2019s efforts to ensure a fair, transparent, and inclusive electoral process.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/declaratia-calc-privind-apararea-dreptului-la-vot-al-cetatenilor-moldoveni-din-diaspora-4268.html\/calc-statement-on-voting-rights-for-citizens-residing-abroad-june-2025\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4270\">CALC Statement on voting rights for citizens residing abroad &#8211; June 2025<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chi\u0219in\u0103u, June 3, 2025\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections (CALC)\u00a0has issued a public statement today expressing concern over a draft law aimed at limiting the voting rights of Moldovan citizens residing abroad. The statement emphasizes that the right to vote from abroad is a fundamental constitutional right and an essential element of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4268"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4273,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4268\/revisions\/4273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}