CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova's Communist Party asked the Constitutional Court on Monday for a recount in the national election, alleging errors in vote counting.
The Communists won 42 seats in the Nov. 28 election. A three-party, pro-European alliance won 59 seats, but fell two short of the 61 needed to elect a new president. That has left the election outcome inconclusive and led to political tensions in the former Soviet republic.
Communist Party leader President Vladimir Voronin claimed that there were "massive irregularities," such as multiple voting, but international and domestic observers have called the ballot fair and free.
Prime Minister Vlad Filat of the …
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