Transnistrian separatists blockaded access to voters in Corjova
Transnistrian authorities blockade polling station in president Voronin's native village
The Transnistrian authorities have once again blockaded the polling station in the village of Corjova on the eastern Dniester bank, and did not permit organizing election of the Parliament of Moldova there.
This early morning, the Transnistrian law enforcement blockaded all roads leading to Corjova, and set out militia pickets at the entry to the station premises. So, not a single willing voter has whatever chance to get inside and take part in the elections. Military and police vehicles are vigilantly guarding the roads to the village in order to not let any motor vehicle to the village.
Members of the Corjova electoral board tried to persuade the militiamen to let people come and vote, but all was in vain. The only thing the Corjova administration and electoral board members could make was to inform the Central Election Commission in Chisinau about the situation.
CEC Secretary Iurie Ciocan told Infotag the Commission convened for an emergency meeting this morning and decided to officially close the Corjova station to avoid further confrontation and possible conflicts.
According to CEC decision, Corjova residents may go to the polling station working in the nearby village of Cocieri, or to the Ustia village on the western Dniester bank, where two stations are available. There, Corjova voters will be included in additional lists. These stations will be working until 11pm today.
President Vladimir Voronin expressed pity and concern about the situation developing around its native place once again.
"Unfortunately, this is becoming a tradition to deprive Corjova people of their voting right. This is an extra proof that the Transnistria problem must be resolved", Voronin stated at his polling station this morning. In his words, full-scale 5+2 negotiations on Transnistrian conflict settlement will kick off in October.
Yet since the 1992 war, the two conflicting sides cannot solve this disputable locality's destiny: Tiraspol maintains Korzhevo is just an ordinary sector of Dubossary town, like it had been for decades before 1992. But Chisinau claims no, this is a separate village named Corjova under Moldova's jurisdiction. Perhaps, one who is interested in resolving this bitter dispute the most is Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin, who was born and raised in that village, where his parental house still exists, in which his old mother had lived until her death in 2007. In that year, the Transnistrian authorities upset Moldovan local elections in Corjova, and last April 5 - ordinary parliamentary elections.
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