A candidate designated for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova constitutes, obligatorily, an initiative group, which is registered by the Central Electoral Commission, informs TRIBUNA. 

If the initiative comes from citizens, the initiative group is made up of at least 25 and at most 100 people with the right to vote. The initiative group is established at the citizens’ meeting where the support of the candidate for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova is decided, the leader of the group is elected and the list of members of the initiative group is approved. The candidate appointed to must participate in the meeting to establish the initiative group and can be elected leader of the group. At the same time, another member of the initiative group can be elected leader.

At the meetings of the central bodies of the parties and electoral blocs, during which the candidate for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova is nominated, the list of members is approved and the initiative group is formed to collect the signatures of the respective candidate’s supporters.

For the registration of the initiative group, the candidate designated for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova, no later than 50 days before the election day, submits several documents to the Central Electoral Commission.