Nine candidates have filed the set of documents needed for being registered as runners in the mayoral elections in Balti municipality to the District Electoral Council. Two of the nine are independent candidates and only one of them managed to gather the necessary number of signatures.

Contacted by IPN, deputy head of the Balti District Electoral Council Iulian Paciurca said the necessary number of signatures was collected only by Elena Gritsko, not yet by independent candidate Boris Marcoci, but the files are yet to be examined.

Of the nine aspirants, two were already registered as contenders. These are Alexandru Usatyi, of the Party of Socialists, and Arina Spataru, of the Party “Platform Dignity and Truth”.

Applications to the Electoral Council were also submitted by: Pavel Verejan, of the Shor Party; Nicolae Grigorishin, of Our Party; Sergey Burlacu, of the National Unity Party; Simion Gutu, of the Party “Action and Solidarity”, and  Oleg Topolnitski, of the Russian-Slavic Party of Moldova.

Iulian Paciurca said the next and last meeting of the Electoral Council to decide the registration of the candidates could be held on April 21 given that the Council received positive appraisals over the integrity certificates of the applicants who are yet to be registered.