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Central Electoral Commission, Moldova

Comisia Electorală Centrală - CEC

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[flag of Central Electoral Commission] image by Ivan Sache, 24 May 2021


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Central Electoral Commission

The Central Electoral Commission (Comisia Electorală Centrală - CEC) was established by Decision No. 3,625 issued on 24 November 1989 by the Supreme Soviet of the Moldovan SSR. A new Commission was appointed by Decision No. 924 issued on 12 July 1996 by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.
The appointment of the Central Electoral Commission was last amended by Law No. 119 promulgated on 18 June 2010; the Commission is composed of 9 members, one appointed by the President of the Republic and the eight other by the Parliament, respecting the proportional representation of majority and opposition.

https://a.cec.md/
Central Electoral Commission website

Ivan Sache, 24 May 2021


Central Electoral Commission flag

The flag and arms of the CEC are prescribed by Decision No. 4,080 issued on 29 September 2015 by the Central Electoral Commission and published on 4 December 2015 in the official gazette, No. 324-329, Article 2,377.

The flag is composed of a rectangular (2:3) cloth, azure blue, charged in the center with a yellow eagle with a red beak and claws, half-spread wings and a yellow cross in the beak, charged on the chest with the arms of the Moldovan state (horizontally divided red and blue charged with an auroch's head, surrounded between the horns by an eight-pointed star, dexter by a rose and sinister by a contourned crescent, all in yellow) and holding a white ball in the right claw and a black ball in the right.

https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=89692&lang=ro 
Decision No. 4,080, 29 September 2015

Azure represents the sky and supreme freedom of the expression of the people's electoral will.
The cruciferous eagle charged with the state coat of arms recalls that the CEC is a central-level institution of the Republic of Moldova. The eagle from the state coat of arms was modified in its design and color to prevent any confusion with the state arms. The cross in the beak was preserved for the sake of identification. The eagle with half-spread wings represents protection of the election's legality. The balls represent one of the world's oldest voting system, white for the pro vote, black for the con.

https://a.cec.md/ro/simbolica-cec-2768.html
CEC website

Photos
https://a.cec.md/ro/comisia-electorala-centrala-se-va-intruni-vineri-i-2781_88226.html
https://www.facebook.com/cecmoldova/photos/4040348166023870
https://www.facebook.com/cecmoldova/photos/3819822624743093
https://www.facebook.com/cecmoldova/photos/3378524495539577
https://www.facebook.com/cecmoldova/photos/3345557178836309
https://www.moldpres.md/news/2021/05/19/21003575

Ivan Sache, 24 May 2021