55% of votes in referendum would be “for”, WatchDog poll
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17 October 2024 17:10
Some 55.1% of the citizens in the referendum would vote for amending the constitution, and 34.5% would vote against, according to a new poll commissioned by WatchDog.MD to the sociological company CBS Research. The study was carried out from October 11 to October 16 and was presented at a news conference at IPN.According to the survey, 7.9% of those polled did not decide how to vote, a
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His Eminence Petru, Metropolitan Bishop of Bessarabia, Archbishop of Chisinau and Exarch of the Territories, urges the Christians to exercise their right to vote on October 20 and show their concern for the future of the country. According to him, the people should fulfil their duty as citizens and vote in a double exercise that will mark the country’s course: the election of the P
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The Ministry of Education and Research denies a recently circulated report according to which the citizens are urged to go out and vote on Sunday and support a particular candidate. “The Ministry did not issue such an order,” Elena Pociumban, senior consultant at the Ministry of Education and Research, has told IPN.A photo with the “Stop-False” marking was publ
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