{"id":159716,"date":"2009-10-23T09:05:18","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T09:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2009\/10\/23\/moldovan-premier-advocates-nationwide-presidential-elections-204194-eng\/"},"modified":"2009-10-23T09:05:18","modified_gmt":"2009-10-23T09:05:18","slug":"moldovan-premier-advocates-nationwide-presidential-elections-204194-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/moldovan-premier-advocates-nationwide-presidential-elections-204194-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Moldovan premier advocates nationwide presidential elections"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Prime Minister Vlad Filat has said that Moldova should return to direct presidential elections, thus removing all pre-requisites for political crises. Presently, the head of state is elected in parliament.<\/p>\n

"Our country needs a nationwide elected president, who would be the guarantor of the constitution and a mediator between the power branches and political forces," Vlad Filat said in an interview with Interfax. Filat is the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, which is a member of the recently created ruling Alliance for European Integration.
\nFilat said that his party had collected 200,000 signatures in favour of constitutional amendments. "A referendum on the matter may be initiated," Filat said.<\/p>\n

"Even if we solve the issue this autumn and elect the president, it will be on our agenda anyway. This issue should be overcome in order to remove pre-requisites for new political crises," the prime minister said.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, Vlad Filat believes that the presidential election "can be held given that legislation does not stipulate the compulsoriness of holding it on an alternative basis". "Moreover, it is not quite fair to put forward a second candidate who is doomed to receive zero votes," he said.<\/p>\n

At the same time, he said that "nothing awful will happen" if the election is postponed.<\/p>\n

"We still have time. One way or another, the election will take place within the period seen by the legislation," Filat said.<\/p>\n

Parliament has two attempts to elect the president until 11 November. The 53-strong ruling alliance is short of eight votes to elect the president and the Communist opposition said they would not participate in the ballot. If parliament fails to elect the he ad of state, it must be dissolved.<\/p>\n

In this respect, Filat voiced hope that "at least eight Communist MPs will cast their ballots for the president".
\nHe said that discussions with the Communist Party "should not turn into a sort of bargain and cannot target the revision of the already formed authorities".<\/p>\n

As for prospects for a snap parliamentary election, Filat said that it may be held "by the end of spring 2010". "Simply because all the authorities, including a legally capable president, should be functional," he explained.<\/p>\n

Moldova was a presidential republic until 2000 when the constitution was amended. Presently, the democratic parliamentary majority put forward only one presidential candidate, Marian Lupu. The 23 October election was postponed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>Prime Minister Vlad Filat has said that Moldova should return to direct presidential elections, thus removing all pre-requisites for political crises. Presently, the head of state is elected in parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Prime Minister Vlad Filat has said that Moldova should return to direct presidential elections, thus removing all pre-requisites for political crises. Presently, the head of state is elected in parliament.<\/p>\n

"Our country needs a nationwide elected president, who would be the guarantor of the constitution and a mediator between the power branches and political forces," Vlad Filat said in an interview with Interfax. Filat is the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, which is a member of the recently created ruling Alliance for European Integration.
\nFilat said that his party had collected 200,000 signatures in favour of constitutional amendments. "A referendum on the matter may be initiated," Filat said.<\/p>\n

"Even if we solve the issue this autumn and elect the president, it will be on our agenda anyway. This issue should be overcome in order to remove pre-requisites for new political crises," the prime minister said.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, Vlad Filat believes that the presidential election "can be held given that legislation does not stipulate the compulsoriness of holding it on an alternative basis". "Moreover, it is not quite fair to put forward a second candidate who is doomed to receive zero votes," he said.<\/p>\n

At the same time, he said that "nothing awful will happen" if the election is postponed.<\/p>\n

"We still have time. One way or another, the election will take place within the period seen by the legislation," Filat said.<\/p>\n

Parliament has two attempts to elect the president until 11 November. The 53-strong ruling alliance is short of eight votes to elect the president and the Communist opposition said they would not participate in the ballot. If parliament fails to elect the he ad of state, it must be dissolved.<\/p>\n

In this respect, Filat voiced hope that "at least eight Communist MPs will cast their ballots for the president".
\nHe said that discussions with the Communist Party "should not turn into a sort of bargain and cannot target the revision of the already formed authorities".<\/p>\n

As for prospects for a snap parliamentary election, Filat said that it may be held "by the end of spring 2010". "Simply because all the authorities, including a legally capable president, should be functional," he explained.<\/p>\n

Moldova was a presidential republic until 2000 when the constitution was amended. Presently, the democratic parliamentary majority put forward only one presidential candidate, Marian Lupu. The 23 October election was postponed.<\/p>\n

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