Signatures are counted in Transnistria

In Transnistria, the nomination of candidates for the post of president of the unrecognized republic has ended, elections for which will be held on December 10. On November 10, the election subscription campaign will end here. As the chairman of the Transnistrian Central Election Commission Pyotr Denisenko told Vremya Novostei, in addition to the current president Igor Smirnov, the deputy of the Supreme Council of the PMR, businessman Pyotr Tomaily, editor of the local opposition Novaya Gazeta Andrei Safonov and a representative of the Communist Party, editor of the newspaper Pravda of Transnistria, were registered as candidates. » Nadezhda Bondarenko.

The Chairman of the Supreme Council, leader of the Obnovlenie party, Yevgeny Shevchuk, who until the last moment refrained from commenting on the possibility of participating in the elections, did not participate in it. So this time, Igor Smirnov, who has been “ruling” Transnistria for 16 years, has no real competitors.

The final list of applicants will be determined upon completion of the verification procedure of signatures collected in support of the candidates. 19 thousand signatures of Igor Smirnov’s supporters (with the required 8 thousand) have already been submitted to the Central Election Commission: a ten-thousand “signature meeting” in support of the head of the republic was prepared by the team of the Moldavian Metallurgical Plant. Another 9 thousand were collected by the Patriotic Party of Transnistria, headed by the president’s son Oleg Smirnov.

Pavel LUKYANCHENKO, Chisinau