The head of OSCE’s mission to Moldova William Hill deplored that the mayoral elections in Chisinau could not be validated due to low turnout. Ambassador William Hill said, according to a statement on the OSCE website, that: "the OSCE has already recommended the elimination of the current threshold of one-third of voters for local elections. We have also noted an extremely low-key electoral campaign, so the latest failure to elect a mayor does not come as a surprise."
