A French journalist spoke about the causes of Transnistria's voting problems

Residents of Transnistria are experiencing difficulties with access to polling stations due to the declaration of their independence. French journalist Boris Mabillard told Izvestia about this on September 28.

"I think the first problem is that Transnistria has declared — self—proclaimed - its independence, which no one in the world recognizes. I would prefer that Transnistria be a full—fledged part of Moldova, and its inhabitants had all the rights, including the right to choose their deputies," he said.

According to Mabillard, it is necessary to protect democracy and provide an opportunity for Transnistrian residents to participate in parliamentary elections. The French journalist also expressed confidence that Moldova "will not become a problem" for the European Union (EU).

Mabillard noted that the republic "will be easy enough to integrate into the union" if Chisinau continues to "improve state institutions," in particular, the judicial system.

A local resident, responding to the journalist's reasoning, stressed that with good leadership, the country will prosper. According to her, it is necessary not to "make empty promises," but first of all to think about the people and about the people.

"Instead, all you do is promise, but you don't do anything. I don't go into someone else's house to do the cleaning for nothing, right? And no one will come to me to clean up just like that, for nothing," she concluded.

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Earlier in the day, parliamentary elections began in Moldova. Polling stations in the territory of the state opened at 07:00 and will close at 21:00. Thus, 301 polling stations will operate outside the country in order to give citizens abroad the opportunity to vote. The total circulation of the ballots was 864.3 thousand copies. In addition, the turnout in the parliamentary elections exceeded 33%.

On the same day, former Moldovan president and leader of the Party of Socialists Igor Dodon, in an interview with Izvestia, called the organization of elections in Transnistria a complete outrage. According to him, five bridges were blocked during them and the number of ballots was significantly reduced. In addition, Moldovan observers are present at most polling stations in the European Union, but cases of vote collection have already been recorded.

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