On Thursday, October 16, 2025, the Constitutional Court validated the results of the parliamentary elections, paving the way for President Maia Sandu to convene the first session of the new Parliament. By law, the session must take place within 30 days of the election date, that is, by October 28.
At the beginning of the session, Court President Domnica Manole announced that no electoral dispute cases currently remain pending at the Supreme Court of Justice or the Court of Appeal, according to IPN.
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During her report, Central Electoral Commission (CEC) Chair Angelica Caraman stated that state infrastructure faced approximately one billion cyberattacks during the electoral period. She emphasized that the CEC intervened whenever necessary to protect the integrity of the electoral process, and that courts later confirmed the institution’s decisions.
Domnica Manole warned that future elections could face even greater challenges, especially due to online disinformation. “In the next elections, we could face bigger problems. Why haven’t measures been taken so far?” she asked.
Angelica Caraman added that the scale of online disinformation remains a “homework topic” requiring stronger actions in the future.
During the session, political parties presented their positions on the electoral process. The Patriotic Bloc requested the Court not to validate the results, arguing that describing the elections as “partially free and partially fair” is “at least modest and misleading.”
In contrast, the Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) requested the Court to recognize the elections and validate the parliamentary mandates, stating that “the elections were fair, transparent, and legal, with minor deviations.” Similarly, Vasile Costiuc, leader of the Political Party Democracy at Home, requested validation of both the elections and the parliamentary mandates.
Representatives of the Alternative Bloc and the Political Party Our Party did not attend the session. On October 15, the PPPN leader Renato Usatii said he saw no reason to attend, as he expected the Constitutional Court to validate the results and all mandates.
Following the September 28 elections, the Action and Solidarity Party won 55 mandates, the Patriotic Electoral Bloc won 26 mandates, the Alternative Electoral Bloc won 8 mandates, and both the Political Party Our Party and the Political Party Democracy at Home won 6 mandates each.