{"id":444022,"date":"2017-06-26T19:33:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T19:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=444022"},"modified":"2017-06-26T19:42:24","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T19:42:24","slug":"25-meps-ask-moldovan-authorities-withdraw-draft-mixed-electoral-system-improve-current-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/25-meps-ask-moldovan-authorities-withdraw-draft-mixed-electoral-system-improve-current-system\/","title":{"rendered":"25 MEPs ask Moldovan authorities to withdraw draft on mixed electoral system and improve current system"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>25 members of the European Parliament are asking in a letter the authorities of Moldova to take into consideration the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/venice-commission-odihr-draft-law-mixed-electoral-system-moldova-raises-significant-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recommendations of the Venice Commission<\/a> and to withdraw the draft law on the mixed electoral system.<\/p>\n<p>Led by Romanian Cristian Preda, MEPs from EPP, ALDE, Socialist, Greens&#8217; and conservatory groups expressed their concern to the President Igor Dodon, the PM Pavel Filip and the speaker of the Parliament Andrian Candu about the significant problems of the mixed system raised by the Venice Commission, but also about the lack of proper consultation with the opposition and the civil society. According to the MEPs, the non-transparent manner of adoption of the new electoral law makes them believe\u00a0<em>&#8220;such change is made to benefit a few, not the people of Moldova&#8221;<\/em>,\u00a0with a possibility of weakening the trust in the election process.<\/p>\n<p>The letter reminds Dodon, Filip and Candu that real concerns of Moldovan people need to be addressed:\u00a0<em>fighting the big corruption, investigating the banking sector fraud and recovering the stolen money, reforming the justice sector, providing for the freedom of press, ensuring the respect of human rights, improving the business environment to create jobs at home and increase people&#8217;s incomes.<\/em> Additionally, the MEPs reminded the Moldovan authorities about the real problems of the electoral law:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We would also like to remind you that Moldova needs to take immediate steps\u00a0to ensure transparent and legal funding of political parties and of election campaigns to stop corruption groups from capturing power&#8221;<\/em>, reads the letter.<\/p>\n\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-444023\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/m-185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/m-185.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/m-185-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/m-185-297x420.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-444024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/m-186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/m-186.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/m-186-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/m-186-297x420.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So far, out of all European groups in the EP, only the European People&#8217;s Party group in the European Parliament <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epp.eu\/press-releases\/moldovan-authorities-must-respect-the-venice-commissions-opinion-and-withdraw-the-new-electoral-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> its official negative position towards the draft on mixed electoral system in Moldova.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>25 members of the European Parliament are asking in a letter the authorities of Moldova to take into consideration the recommendations of the Venice Commission and to withdraw the draft law on the mixed electoral system. Led by Romanian Cristian Preda, MEPs from EPP, ALDE, Socialist, Greens&#8217; and conservatory groups expressed their concern to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":444025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-en","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>25 members of the European Parliament are asking in a letter the authorities of Moldova to take into consideration the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/venice-commission-odihr-draft-law-mixed-electoral-system-moldova-raises-significant-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recommendations of the Venice Commission<\/a> and to withdraw the draft law on the mixed electoral system.<\/p>\n<p>Led by Romanian Cristian Preda, MEPs from EPP, ALDE, Socialist, Greens&#8217; and conservatory groups expressed their concern to the President Igor Dodon, the PM Pavel Filip and the speaker of the Parliament Andrian Candu about the significant problems of the mixed system raised by the Venice Commission, but also about the lack of proper consultation with the opposition and the civil society. According to the MEPs, the non-transparent manner of adoption of the new electoral law makes them believe\u00a0<em>&#8220;such change is made to benefit a few, not the people of Moldova&#8221;<\/em>,\u00a0with a possibility of weakening the trust in the election process.<\/p>\n<p>The letter reminds Dodon, Filip and Candu that real concerns of Moldovan people need to be addressed:\u00a0<em>fighting the big corruption, investigating the banking sector fraud and recovering the stolen money, reforming the justice sector, providing for the freedom of press, ensuring the respect of human rights, improving the business environment to create jobs at home and increase people&#8217;s incomes.<\/em> Additionally, the MEPs reminded the Moldovan authorities about the real problems of the electoral law:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We would also like to remind you that Moldova needs to take immediate steps\u00a0to ensure transparent and legal funding of political parties and of election campaigns to stop corruption groups from capturing power&#8221;<\/em>, reads the letter.<\/p>\n\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-444023\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/m-185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/m-185.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/m-185-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/m-185-297x420.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-444024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/m-186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/m-186.jpg 650w, 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