Moldova opposition says officials refuse vote recount Wed Apr 8, 2009 8:29am BST
CHISINAU (Reuters) - A Moldovan opposition leader said on Wednesday that election officials had refused a request for a recount of a weekend parliamentary election won by the ruling Communist Party.
"They have just informed us that the Central Election Commission has rejected this. They have broken off the agreement we reached with (Moldovan President Vladimir) Voronin," Vlad Filat, leader of the Liberal Democrats, said in an interview.
He expected "some very serious repression" after violent opposition protests on Tuesday. "I am not ruling out arrests both of political leaders and participants," he added.
(Reporting by Sabina Zawadzki, writing by Ron Popeski, editing by Michael Stott)
Moldova opposition says officials refuse vote recount
RépondreSupprimerWed Apr 8, 2009 8:29am BST
CHISINAU (Reuters) - A Moldovan opposition leader said on Wednesday that election officials had refused a request for a recount of a weekend parliamentary election won by the ruling Communist Party.
"They have just informed us that the Central Election Commission has rejected this. They have broken off the agreement we reached with (Moldovan President Vladimir) Voronin," Vlad Filat, leader of the Liberal Democrats, said in an interview.
He expected "some very serious repression" after violent opposition protests on Tuesday. "I am not ruling out arrests both of political leaders and participants," he added.
(Reporting by Sabina Zawadzki, writing by Ron Popeski, editing by Michael Stott)
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