Communicated on 5 March 2019
SECOND SECTION
Application no. 5113/15
POLITICAL PARTY “PATRIA” against the Republic of Moldova
and 17 other applications
(see list appended)
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASES
The first applicant is a political party which was running in the 2014 general elections. The other applicants are candidates on the electoral list of that party in the same elections. The application concerns the removal of the applicant party from the list of participants three days before the elections. The reason for removing the party was an unproven accusation that, contrary to the provisions of the electoral law, it had used money from abroad.
The applicants complain that the removal of the political party “Patria” from the list of candidates in the general elections was arbitrary and amounted to a breach of Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention. The first applicant also claimed that its removal was in breach of Article 14 taken in conjunction with Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention.
QUESTION tO THE PARTIES
Has there been a breach of the applicants’ right under Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to participate in free elections which have ensured the free expression of the opinion of the people in the choice of the legislature (Orujov v. Azerbaijan, no. 4508/06, §§ 40-42, 26 July 2011; Khanhuseyn Aliyev v. Azerbaijan, no. 19554/06, 21 February 2012)?
The Government are requested to submit a full copy of the case-file in the domestic proceedings.
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
Represented by
1
5113/15
19/01/2015
POLITICAL PARTY “PATRIA”
12/09/2014
Chişinău
Stanislav PAVLOVSCHI
2
14963/15
23/03/2015
Igor POHILA
31/08/1968
Chişinău
Stanislav PAVLOVSCHI
3
15910/15
25/03/2015
Elena PANUȘ
09/10/1964
Chişinău
4
16490/15
27/03/2015
Igor ȘEREMET
01/01/1981
Chişinău
5
16809/15
02/04/2015
Elena GRIȚCO
03/01/1982
Bălţi
6
16947/15
06/04/2015
Alexandr ATAMANENCO
06/02/1991
Chişinău
7
16954/15
07/04/2015
Ivan OSOIANU
02/03/1973
Bălţi
Igor POHILA
8
17891/15
09/04/2015
Valentin VIZANT
09/06/1975
Chişinău
Igor POHILA
9
19030/15
15/04/2015
Renato USATÎI
04/11/1978
Chişinău
Igor POHILA
10
19646/15
15/04/2015
Svetlana CUDREAȘOVA
03/08/1978
Bălţi
11
21002/15
27/04/2015
Nina CERETEU
18/08/1987
Drochia
Igor POHILA
12
21003/15
28/04/2015
Ilian CAȘU
06/02/1972
Chişinău
13
22144/15
30/04/2015
Nicolae ȚIPOVICI
19/12/1978
Chişinău
14
23146/15
04/05/2015
Oleg ŢOPA
15/02/1966
Chişinău
Igor POHILA
15
24296/15
11/05/2015
Oleg FEDICO
16/07/1976
Chişinău
16
24759/15
12/05/2015
Oleg PETRACHI
27/03/1967
Chişinău
Igor POHILA
17
25502/15
22/05/2015
Marin REBEJA
07/05/1984
Bălăbăneşti
Igor POHILA
18
26284/15
27/05/2015
Iuri NEDOSEICHIN
21/05/1965
Chişinău
Igor POHILA
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