Shor Party candidate Hutsul recognized as head of Gagauzia

"Eugenia Hutsul was recognized by the court as the new Bashkan of the Gagauz autonomy of Moldova," Sputnik Near Abroad reports.

Hutsul supporters, who took to the streets in front of the Comrat court, chanted "Victory, victory!", the newspaper reports.

On May 14, the second round of elections of the head of the region was held in Gagauzia. The local CEC announced the victory of Eugenia Hutsul from the opposition Shor party with 52.34% of the vote.

After that, Chisinau initiated inspections in the Gagauz electoral commission, and on May 16, employees of the National Anti-Corruption Center came with searches to the office of the CEC of the autonomy and began to seize voter lists.

Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Rechan questioned the possibility of interaction with the new leader of Gagauzia.