Speaking at the headquarters of her Action and Solidarity party in the capital Chișinău, Sandu said her priority in the coming years would be to be a president for all Moldovans.
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00:00Moldova's pro-western president Maya Sandu has won a second term in a pivotal presidential runoff on Sunday.
00:09Sandu took more than 55% of the vote in an election overshadowed by claims of interference.
00:16Moldova was under an unprecedented attack for the entire history of Europe.
00:21Dirty money, illegal purchase of votes, involvement in the electoral processes of hostile forces from outside the country
00:31and of criminal groups, lies, inducing hatred and affliction in our society.
00:38Our people have united and the freedom and the citizens have won.
00:44Sandu's challenger was the Russia-friendly former Prosecutor General Alexander Stoyanoglu,
00:49who finished well behind her with just under 45%.
00:53Moldovan police said on Sunday they had reasonable evidence of organized transportation of voters,
00:59illegal under the country's electoral code, to polling stations.
01:03And the foreign ministry said polling stations in Germany and the UK had been targeted by false bomb threats
01:09intended to stop the voting process.
01:12In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Moldova applied to join the European Union.
01:19It was granted candidate status in June of that year and in summer this year, Brussels agreed to start membership negotiations.
01:26The shift to the West annoyed Moscow, but it denies meddling in the election.