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Trump embraces Dem policies traditionally rejected by GOP in bid to build ‘party of common sense’
President Donald Trump is in the midst of promoting what he says are commonsense policies that will usher in the «golden age» for America, with his platform bolstered by a handful of traditional Democratic platforms, Fox News Digital found.
«In everything we do, we’re putting America first, because the Republican Party is now known as the party of common sense. It’s the party of common sense. Very important. I think it’s a very important phrase for you to use. It’s all about common sense. We’re conservative, and, you know, we’re a lot of things, but most important thing is we have to use common sense,» Trump said in February while addressing a conference of the nation’s Republican governors.
As liberals and media talking heads bashed Trump on the campaign trail as a «threat to democracy» and compared him to Adolf Hitler, roughly four months into his administration, Trump has rolled out policies or made favorable remarks toward issues that Democrats have long rallied around during campaign events or in the chambers of Congress.
Trump held a press conference flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other health officials on Monday morning to sign an executive order to lower drug prices by up to 80%. The executive order specifically «directs the U.S. Trade Representative and Secretary of Commerce to take action to ensure foreign countries are not engaged in practices that purposefully and unfairly undercut market prices and drive price hikes in the United States.»
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President Donald Trump has embraced some traditional Democratic agenda items under his second administration. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
«The principle is simple – whatever the lowest price paid for a drug in other developed countries, that is the price that Americans will pay,» Trump said at the White House during the executive order signing ceremony. «Some prescription drug and pharmaceutical prices will be reduced almost immediately by 50 to 80 to 90%.»
«Starting today, the United States will no longer subsidize the healthcare of foreign countries, which is what we were doing. We’re subsidizing others’ healthcare, the countries where they paid a small fraction of what for the same drug that what we pay many, many times more for and will no longer tolerate profiteering and price-gouging from Big Pharma,» he added.
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was a longtime Democrat before endorsing President Donald Trump and joining his Cabinet. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr)
Fox News Digital reported earlier this week that Trump’s executive order effectively amounts to price controls on pharmaceuticals.
«We see price caps after natural disasters,» he argued. «We call them anti-gouging laws, and they produce shortages. And so that’s what we can expect price controls to produce when it comes to pharmaceuticals as well — that’s if you have a binding price ceiling, you’re going to get a shortage, and I think it’s totally a wrong-headed thing.»
Lowering prescription drug prices through control measures and government intervention has been a cornerstone of Democratic platforms, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders vowing during his 2020 presidential campaign to lower such prices by 50% if elected and then-Vice President Kamala Harris issuing a tie-breaking vote in the Senate in 2022 to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which empowered the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to negotiate prices for certain pharmaceuticals covered by Medicare.
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Trump celebrated during the executive order signing that he was taking on «price gouging» from «Big pharma,» which he argued is an industry that had been protected by Democrats until his administration.
President Donald Trump’s administration has incorporated some policy objectives of those traditionally on the left, like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Kennedy, the son of Democratic Attorney General Robert Kennedy and nephew to former Democratic President John F. Kennedy, celebrated that the Trump administration came through on the promise of lowering drug prices after decades of Democrats vowing they would enact such a plan.
«This is an extraordinary day,» he said from the White House. «… I grew up in the Democratic Party and every major Democratic leader for 20 years has been making this promise to the American people. This was the fulcrum of Bernie Sanders’ runs for the presidency, that he was going to eliminate this discrepancy between Europe and the United States. As it turns out, none of them were doing it. And it’s one of these promises that politicians make to their constituents, knowing that they’ll never have to do it. And the reason they’ll never do it is because they know that Congress is controlled in so many ways by the pharmaceutical industry.»
Sanders issued a statement following Trump’s executive order, declaring, «I agree with President Trump» regarding how Americans pay «the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs,» before warning that the executive order would likely be thrown out by the courts and that Trump should support his upcoming legislation to tackle drug prices.
When asked about Trump promoting policies typically touted by Democrats, the White House celebrated how Trump has transformed the GOP «to again become the party of the working class.»
«President Trump oversaw a historic transformation of the GOP to again become the party of the working class. While Democrats spent decades talking about helping everyday Americans, President Trump is actually delivering – revealing Democrats’ incompetence and corruption in the process,» White House spokesman Kush Desai said.
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House Republicans released a portion of Trump’s tax agenda late on Friday evening, as Trump continues rallying lawmakers to pass his «big, beautiful bill» that will fund his agenda. Included in the proposal is an expansion of the child tax credit – which has long been featured on Democrats’ policy platforms.
While on the campaign trail, the Trump team said the president would consider a «significant expansion of the child tax credit that applies to American families,» FOX Business reported in August.
While then-Ohio Sen. JD Vance said during the campaign that he would «love to see a child tax credit that’s $5,000 per child,» he added, «but you, of course, have to work with Congress to see how possible and viable that is.»
A portion of the legislation released by the House Ways & Means Committee last week would increase the current maximum child tax credit from $2,000 to $2,500.
Top Democrats from Harris to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have promoted massive expansions of the child tax credit, including Harris campaigning on a proposal to provide a $6,000 tax credit for parents of newborns.
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Lawmakers are currently working to pass President Donald Trump’s «big, beautiful bill.» (Tom Williams)
«That is a vital, vital year of critical development of a child,» Harris said during her presidential campaign. «And the cost can really add up, especially for young parents who need to buy diapers and clothes and a car seat and so much else.»
Trump also broke with the traditional Republican ideology of not increasing taxes, saying he would «love» to tax wealthier Americans as part of a «redistribution» effort.
«People would love to do it. Rich people. I would love to do it, frankly. Giving us something up top in order to make people in the middle income and the lower income brackets [have] more. So, it’s really a redistribution,» Trump said last week.
Trump added on Truth Social last Friday that such a tax increase on the wealthy would spark outrage from Democrats and likely comparisons to former President George H.W. Bush increasing taxes during his administration. Trump, however, added that he is open to the move if that is what Republican lawmakers approve.
«The problem with even a ‘TINY’ tax increase for the RICH, which I and all others would graciously accept in order to help the lower and middle income workers, is that the Radical Left Democrat Lunatics would go around screaming, ‘Read my lips,’ the fabled Quote by George Bush the Elder that is said to have cost him the Election. NO, Ross Perot cost him the Election!» Trump wrote.
«In any event, Republicans should probably not do it, but I’m OK if they do!!!» he added.
Swaths of the Democratic Party have touted raising taxes on the wealthy out of an effort to reduce income inequality, including Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
Slogans of «tax the rich» and calls for the wealthy to «pay their fair share» were also a hallmark of the 2020 federal and down-ballot elections, including for former President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign.
Then-President Joe Biden often campaigned on making «the super-wealthy» to «pay their fair share.» (AP/Susan Walsh)
«Corporations need to pay their fair share in taxes,» Biden posted on social media in November 2019. «I’ll reverse Trump’s giveaway to the super-wealthy and corporations because it’s time we reward work, not just wealth.»
«As president, I’ll make sure giant corporations and the super-wealthy pay their fair share in taxes — and then invest that money in growing a stronger, more inclusive middle class,» he wrote weeks later in December 2019.
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Trump, himself, was a registered Democrat for periods of his life, including during the early 2000s, before he switched back to the Republican Party in 2009, New York City election board data show.
He has also found support from a handful of former Democrats, such as Kennedy and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, with Kennedy registering as an Independent last year during his own presidential campaign and Gabbard registering as a Republican and endorsing Trump during the campaign cycle. Gabbard herself briefly ran for president as a Democrat in the 2020 cycle before dropping out to endorse Biden.
While longtime Democrat voter and tech billionaire Elon Musk also broke with the party and endorsed Trump over the summer before becoming a fixture at rallies and ultimately serving as the public leader of the Department of Government Efficiency as a special government employee.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was an elected Democratic lawmaker who briefly ran in the 2020 Democratic primary cycle for president. She later switched to the Republican Party. (Getty Images)
«We actually got a lot of great Democratic support, we just got RFK [Jr.], of course, Tulsi Gabbard, who endorsed the president in just the last couple of days,» Vance said while on the campaign trail in August.
Trump has touted that the Republican Party has become the «common sense» party and that his policies are «all about common sense.»
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«In everything we do, we’re putting America first, because the Republican Party is now known as the party of common sense. It’s the party of common sense. Very important. I think it’s a very important phrase for you to use. It’s all about common sense. We’re conservative, and, you know, we’re a lot of things, but most important thing is we have to use common sense,» Trump said in February while addressing a conference of the nation’s Republican governors.
Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Elkind, Megan Henney, Diana Stancy and Chad Pergram contributed to this report.
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Iraq is entering «a new phase» of stability and growth, President Abdullatif Jamal Rashid said in an interview, declaring the country «100% safe» as U.S. troops prepare to draw down after more than two decades on the ground.
While praising the U.S. for helping to defeat ISIS, Rashid stressed that Iraq now intends to stand on its own — maintaining ties with both the United States and neighboring Iran.
«Americans have helped us in defeating terrorism… and I think Iraq is 100% safe and secure,» Rashid told Fox News Digital on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. «It’s a new phase in Iraq, really concentrating on improving the infrastructure.»
Those who served in Iraq in the early 2000s — through the War on Terror and a civil war — may not recognize it as the same place, according to Rashid.
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Rashid spoke with Fox News Digital after his UNGA speech. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
«We have started development in every field of life, and there are good opportunities for number of American companies, American businessmen, to be our partner in improving the situation in Iraq.»
Under this «new phase,» Rashid said he wants Iraq to be defined less by conflict and more by commerce.
«Our relationship with the United States is a long relationship. We want to make a stronger relationship… on trade, on investment, on energy and water.»
The timing is significant. The U.S.-led coalition that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003 and later fought ISIS was scheduled under an agreement last year to begin its final withdrawal this September. That exact timeline is unclear, and the Pentagon has disclosed few details.
The issue is sure to dominate next month’s parliamentary elections, where a swath of Iraqis want the U.S. to adhere to its agreement and leave.
«This is a hot button political issue,» said Behnam Taleblu, fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), «with a timetable that was technically — or at least allegedly — already supposed to have started by then, is going to be something that we should be keeping our eyes on.»
American commanders have warned that ISIS cells remain active in rural areas, while Iran-aligned militias have targeted U.S. and Iraqi government facilities with rockets and drones.
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Some argue the counter-ISIS mission is not over, and U.S. troops should remain. Others say the U.S. footprint lacks a clear purpose at this point.
«ISIS is a shell of its former self — the Caliphate collapsed in 2019 and its strikes on Europe have ended since then. The remaining threat can be handled by others, notably the Iraqi government, which is popular at home and capable of carrying the load, along with the Kurdish Peshmerga and other regional states,» said Will Walldorf, a senior fellow at Defense Priorities.
«Iran’s influence has waned with the near-total collapse of its regional proxies. Any threats the U.S. might face in the future can be handled from over the horizon.»
«The deterrent effect of U.S. forces there, I think, could be significant,» countered Taleblu.
Pressed on concerns, Rashid dismissed talk of Iraq being «overrun with Iranian proxies» as exaggerated and said Baghdad is determined to prevent outside powers from dictating its politics.
«We want to keep our independence, our decision-making in Iraq as the Iraqis, not to be influenced by outsiders,» he said.
On reports of militia attacks, Rashid claimed ignorance but insisted such actions would not be tolerated.
«I’m not really aware of any groups [carrying out attacks]. We will not allow it. And these are against the Iraqi security and Iraqi independence,» he said.
Still, the perception of Iranian influence remains a flashpoint in Washington.
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US troops have had a presence in Iraq for over two decades. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters )
«Iranian influence has already taken over Iraq,» Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital.
Tehran has close ties to Shiite parties that shape government coalitions in Baghdad, and it supports militias within the Popular Mobilization Forces that remain powerful players in the country’s security environment.
Iraq also relies on Iranian electricity and natural gas imports, while Iranian goods fill local markets, making Iraq one of Tehran’s most important trading partners despite international sanctions.
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That reach, however, is not uncontested. Iraqi nationalist movements — including many Shiites — have resisted Tehran’s sway, and mass protests in recent years have condemned Iran’s role, sometimes targeting its consulates. Baghdad today remains a space of competing influence.
«The Islamic Republic benefits from Iraq looking like Swiss cheese,» said Taleblu, referring to Iranian pockets of influence across the country and its institutions.
«Iran and Iraq are two neighbors,» Rashid said, emphasizing that they had friendly relations. «We will not allow politicians from either [U.S. or Iraq] to be imposed on Iraqi people.»
Still others say Iran could take note of the Iraqi success story. In less than 20 years, the nation rose from decades of conflict and dictatorial leadership under Saddam Hussein to relative stability and democratic elections.
Rashid confirmed that Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government have resolved their dispute over oil exports, paving the way for flows to resume after months of disruption. «It’s a big deal,» said Rashid, who himself is Kurdish by background.
Veterans of the Iraq War may not recognize the Baghdad of today, which President Rashid says is «100% secure.» (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)
The Iraqi presidency is reserved for a Kurd under an informal power-sharing agreement, while the prime minister is Shi’a Arab and the speaker of the parliament is Sunni Arab.
Rashid also pointed to November’s parliamentary elections as proof of democratic stability.
«We are going to have elections in two months’ time in November. That’s really an indication of how stable the country is… We want the process to be fully democratic,» he said.
But the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) — a state-sanctioned umbrella of mostly Shiite militias, some with close ties to Tehran — are seen by critics as a parallel power structure undermining Iraq’s sovereignty.
Rashid, however, argued that integrating all armed groups under the constitution strengthens, rather than weakens, the state.
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And on foreign policy, Rashid tried to position Iraq as a bridge.
He welcomed growing recognition of a Palestinian state, cautiously praised Donald Trump’s push for peace in Gaza, and reiterated that war — whether in the Middle East or in Ukraine — «doesn’t solve any problem. It makes the problem more complicated.»
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El presidente de Colombia cruzó a Trump por revocarle la visa y propuso trasladar la sede de la ONU a Doha
El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, cuestionó a Estados Unidos por revocarle su visa por supuestos “actos imprudentes e incendiarios” que habría cometido el viernes durante una manifestación propalestina en Nueva York al margen de la Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas. Además, propuso mudar la sede de la organización a Doha, en Qatar.
“Revocar la visa no es un acto contra Petro, sino contra las Naciones Unidas, y contra la lucha por la vida de la humanidad”, dijo este domingo el mandatario colombiano en X.
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El presidente izquierdista es uno de los críticos más duros de la ofensiva israelí en Gaza. Además, califica de “genocida” a su primer ministro, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Petro “se manifestó en las calles de Nueva York e hizo un llamado a los soldados estadounidenses a desobedecer órdenes y a incitar a la violencia. Revocaremos la visa (…) debido a sus actos imprudentes e incendiarios”, indicó el sábado el Departamento de Estado en la red social X.
En su cuenta de X, Petro propuso trasladar de la sede de la ONU a Doha. “Cómo presidente de Colombia, en la asamblea general de las naciones que fundamos en la ONU, expreso mis opiniones libremente. El derecho internacional, es la sabiduría de la humanidad y me protege. El genocidio es un crimen contra la humanidad y la humanidad debe responder, juzgar y castigar. El señor Trump ha violado los principios fundantes de la ONU. Hora de irse a un lugar más democrático. Propongo, Doha como sede de las Naciones Unidas”, afirmó. El mensaje de Gustavo Petro en X (Foto: Captura X/petrogustavo)
Qué dijo Gustavo Petro en Nueva York
El presidente colombiano compartió un video en el que se le ve hablando en español con un megáfono durante una manifestación en Nueva York, en la que llamó a “las naciones del mundo” a aportar soldados para un ejército “más grande que el de Estados Unidos” para defender a los palestinos.
“¡Pido a todos los soldados del ejército de los Estados Unidos que no apunten a la humanidad con sus rifles! ¡Desobedezcan la orden de (el presidente Donald) Trump! ¡Obedezcan la orden de la humanidad!”, exclamó. Gustavo Petro habló sobre el conflicto en Gaza y EE.UU. le retiró la visa (Foto: REUTERS/Bing Guan)
El Departamento de Estado anunció la sanción mientras el mandatario volaba de regreso a Colombia. Al aterrizar el sábado en la madrugada, el primer presidente izquierdista del país expresó su rechazo a la medida estadounidense.
“El que no se haya permitido la entrada a la Autoridad Palestina y el que se me quite la visa por pedirle al ejército de EEUU y de Israel que no apoyen un genocidio, que es un crimen contra la humanidad toda, demuestran que el gobierno de EEUU ya no cumple con el derecho internacional”, dijo Petro en X.
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“No volveré a ver el Pato Donald, por ahora, eso es todo”, escribió irónicamente sobre su par estadounidense.
Previamente, Petro dijo tener la ciudadanía italiana, por lo que no necesitaría un visado para entrar en Estados Unidos.
“Un arma diplomática”
Este sábado, la Cancillería colombiana rechazó la medida en el marco de la Asamblea General de la ONU y dijo que la decisión de la administración Trump es un “arma diplomática”
Si el acceso a Naciones Unidas está condicionado a las relaciones diplomáticas con Estados Unidos, “sería imprescindible la búsqueda de un país sede (de la ONU) completamente neutral”, dijo en un comunicado.
“Le quitan la visa porque fue de los pocos presidentes que en la ONU se atrevió a denunciar el genocidio contra Palestina”, dijo el ministro de Interior, Armando Benedetti.
Petro se encontraba en Nueva York para asistir a la Asamblea General de la ONU. En un evento de la organización propuso abrir una “lista de voluntarios colombianos y colombianas que quieran ir a luchar por la liberación de Palestina”, al considerar que la diplomacia no logró su trabajo. Dijo que, de ser necesario, iría a la batalla él mismo. El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro Urrego, se dirige al 80mo periodo de sesiones de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, el martes 23 de septiembre de 2025, en la sede de la ONU. (Foto AP/Pamela Smith)
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El martes, reprendió en su discurso ante la Asamblea a la administración Trump y pidió un “procedimiento penal” contra su homólogo estadounidense tras ataques militares que destruyeron en el Caribe lanchas que, según Washington, transportaban narcotraficantes y droga.
Petro dijo que en los ataques murieron “jóvenes pobres” desarmados, más de una docena en total.
Washington sostiene que las acciones forman parte de una operación antidroga frente a las costas de Venezuela, a cuyo presidente, Nicolás Maduro, Trump acusa de dirigir el Cártel de los Soles.
El mandatario republicano envió ocho buques de guerra y un submarino al Caribe sur.
Petro, cuyo país es el mayor productor de cocaína del mundo, dijo que sospecha que algunos de los muertos en los ataques desde barcos estadounidenses eran colombianos.
La semana pasada, el gobierno de Trump retiró a Colombia la certificación como aliado en la lucha antidrogas, pero no retiró su multimillonaria ayuda económica y cooperación militar para luchar contra el narco.
Petro y Trump, contrapuestos ideológicamente, mantienen una relación tensa por desacuerdos en temas como la deportación de migrantes, los aranceles estadounidenses o su postura respecto a la guerra en Gaza.
En 2024, Colombia rompió relaciones con Israel por su ofensiva en la Franja de Gaza, desatada en represalia por los ataques del movimiento islamista palestino Hamás el 7 de octubre de 2023.
(Con información de AFP)
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Elecciones en Moldavia: el partido gobernante denunció que el intento de Rusia de interferir en los comicios fue “colosal”
El líder del gobernante Partido Acción y Solidarida (PAS) de Moldavia, Ígor Grosu, acusó este domingo a Rusia de emprender unos intentos “colosales” de socavar los comicios legislativos de hoy.
“Los intentos de Rusia de socavar el proceso electoral fueron colosales”, dijo Grosu, citado por medios moldavos, al término de la votación y a falta de conocerse sus resultados.
Grosu agregó que estos esfuerzos consistieron en “compra de votos, intentos de desestabilización y falsas amenazas de bomba”.
“Las instituciones estatales hicieron todo lo posible para garantizar la seguridad y la integridad del proceso electoral”, aseguró y añadió que las consecuencias de las acciones de Rusia “son difíciles de evaluar en ese momento”.
El político dijo que ahora hay que esperar los resultados de los comicios y mantener la calma.
Mientras, el ex presidente moldavo y uno de los líderes del opositor Bloque Electoral Patriótico, Ígor Dodon, aseguró que PAS “ha entrado en pánico” y baraja incluso anular los resultados, “ya que rechaza categóricamente ceder el poder”.
“Estimados ciudadanos, queridos moldavos, nos vemos mañana a las 12 horas cerca del Parlamento. Hoy votamos por el cambio, mañana lo vamos a defender”, escribió Dodon en Telegram.
Este domingo, el PAS lidera las elecciones parlamentarias con el 38 % de los votos, según los primeros resultados ofrecidos por la Comisión Electoral Central (CEC) del país, sin que se conozca aún si este resultado será suficiente para que el PAS siga en el poder.
Tras el escrutinio del 19 por ciento de las papeletas, en segundo lugar se sitúa el opositor Bloque Electoral Patriótico, que defiende el fortalecimiento de los lazos con Moscú y obtiene el respaldo del 33,63 % de los electores.
La alta participación marcó las elecciones parlamentarias que se celebraron este domingo, en una jornada empañada por acusaciones del Gobierno de casos de fraude en los comicios y alertas de bomba en algunos colegios electorales.
A las 17:00 hora local (14:00 GMT), la participación alcanzaba más del 43,8 %, es decir, ya habían ejercido su derecho al voto más de 1,2 millones de electores.
Para que las elecciones sean reconocidas como válidas se necesitaba la participación de al menos el 33 % de los votantes.
La afluencia a las urnas en estos comicios fue alta, tanto dentro de Moldavia como fuera de sus fronteras, donde ya votaron cerca de 200.000 electores.
“Hoy, miles de ciudadanos de la República de Moldavia ejercen su derecho al voto en el extranjero, demostrando una vez más la fuerza y la unidad de nuestra diáspora”, señaló previamente el Ministerio de Exteriores moldavo en un comunicado.
En total, Moldavia se abrieron cerca de 2.000 colegios electorales dentro del país y 301 en el extranjero, la mayoría en países europeos.
Precisamente la posición de la diáspora fue clave para dar la victoria al rumbo europeo de esa antigua república soviética en el referéndum y las presidenciales del año pasado.
La presidenta del país, la europeísta Maia Sandu, informó de casos de fraude con las papeletas registrados en varios colegios dentro del país.
Sandu llamó a los moldavos a demostrar que son “fuertes” y seguir ejerciendo su derecho al voto.
La misión de observación Promo-LEX informó de 254 infracciones confirmadas en lo que va de jornada electoral. La mayoría de estos incidentes estaba relacionada con la violación del derecho de los ciudadanos al voto secreto.
(Con información de EFE)
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