Communists Lead in Moldova Voting
Voters appeared today to have rejected hesitant market reforms, as preliminary results in Sunday’s parliamentary election showed the Communist Party way ahead.
Electoral officials told state television that the Communist Party was in front with 33.2% of the vote after 27% of the ballots had been counted.
“In most districts, the Communist Party of Moldova is in first place,” Anatol Poica, secretary of the former Soviet republic’s Central Electoral Commission, said in an interview broadcast live on state television. He said voter turnout had been 68%.
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