{"id":444009,"date":"2017-06-22T14:01:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T14:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=444009"},"modified":"2017-06-22T14:01:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T14:01:53","slug":"igor-dodon-socialists-set-4-conditions-voting-switch-mixed-electoral-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/igor-dodon-socialists-set-4-conditions-voting-switch-mixed-electoral-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Igor Dodon and Socialists set 4 conditions for voting switch to mixed electoral system"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

During a talk show at Accent TV, the President of Moldova, Igor Dodon, announced that he and his former fellow Socialists would vote for the switch to the mixed electoral system only if four conditions are met.<\/p>\n

The four conditions announced by Dodon are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Keeping the 6% threshold for political parties;<\/li>\n
  2. One-round elections of district MPs- first-past-the-post system;<\/li>\n
  3. Distributing some MP seats for Transnistria-\u00a0real representatives of the region;<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Opening additional voting centers abroad, especially in the Russian Federation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The statement comes after the Venice Commission issued a critical opinion<\/a> on the proposed change of the electoral system in Moldova from proportional to mixed one- 51 MPs from districts, 50 from party lists. The draft was initially submitted by the Socialists, but then combined<\/a> with the draft law on the uninominal system of the Moldovan Democrats. Neither uninominal<\/a> or mixed systems<\/a> have large support among the political parties and the civil society, except the Democratic and Socialists’ Parties.<\/p>\n