{"id":447283,"date":"2019-05-21T14:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=447283"},"modified":"2019-05-21T14:08:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T14:08:25","slug":"snap-election-practical-solution-political-crisis-republic-moldova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/snap-election-practical-solution-political-crisis-republic-moldova\/","title":{"rendered":"Snap election: is it a practical solution for the political crisis in the Republic of Moldova?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Today, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova has an anniversary – 2 months since both the first and the last meeting of the newly elected Parliament was held, 2 months of discussions, negotiations (or their avoidance), declarations and attempts (which were more or less trustworthy) to solve the standstill the Parliament and the entire country has been brought to.<\/p>\n

No significant advance was reported since March 21st. There is one more month to go until Moldova’s president would dissolve the Parliament and would call a snap election.<\/p>\n

In a last-ditch effort to avoid a snap election, the political bloc ACUM invited<\/a>\u00a0the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) to the Parliament’s special session, on 21 May 2019 at 14:00, in order to elect the Parliament’s leadership and vote on the anti-oligarchic legislative initiatives.<\/p>\n

In response, the socialists\u00a0published<\/a> a press release on their official page where they mentioned that the ACUM proposition is unfounded and does not deserve to be taken into consideration. “This populist initiative of the representatives of the bloc ACUM can not surprise neither the PSRM faction in the Moldovan Parliament nor the majority of Moldovan citizens.”<\/em>\u00a0At the same time, the socialists highlighted the fact that in order to overcome the political crisis, it is necessary to create a parliamentary majority or to agree, at least, on the first election of the parliamentary leadership.<\/p>\n

In short, none of them is willing to reach a compromise. Therefore, it is very probable that a snap election will be conducted in Moldova soon.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, people are not prepared for it. They already seem disappointed and less motivated to vote again. Over the last few years, the voter turnout<\/a> in the Moldovan elections became lower and lower. During the 2014 parliamentary election it represented 57.28%, whereas during the 2019 parliamentary election it lowered to 50.57%. It could drop even more in case of snap election<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Moreover, a snap election would not change too much the configuration of Parliament, according to a survey<\/a> conducted by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers from Moldova. Only 15% of respondents believe that this political crisis could be overcome by snap elections. One\u00a0third of respondents consider that if snap election were organised, no political party would gain the majority, and the results would be similar to those of February elections.<\/p>\n

“We have noticed that the population is tired of elections. If there were snap elections, 48.7% of respondents said they would participate in the elections, whereas one third of the population is uncertain about what to do. This demonstrates once again that people have been disappointed with so many choices and political parties, which could not reach a consensus,”<\/em>\u00a0declared Eugen \u015etirbu<\/em><\/strong>, the director of the International Institute for Monitoring the Development of Democracy, Parliamentarianism and Respect for the Rights of the Citizens of the Member States of AIP CIS.<\/p>\n

Experts claim that political uncertainty also affects Moldova economically. Adrian Lupusor<\/strong><\/em>, the director of the Independent Analytical Center Expert-Grup claimed<\/a>\u00a0that the period of standstill leads to delay of financial support programs and early elections would hit the state budget, as the adjustments after the elections would be painful. The costs<\/a> of organizing elections in Moldova are inversely proportional to the citizens’ trust in politicians. Therefore, whereas the parliamentary elections in 2014 had a budget of 52 million lei, in 2019 – this budget amounted to more than 110 million lei and it could raise even more in case of snap election<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>Today, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova has an anniversary – 2 months since both the first and the last meeting of the newly elected Parliament was held, 2 months of discussions, negotiations (or their avoidance), declarations and attempts (which were more or less trustworthy) to solve the standstill the Parliament and the entire […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":447284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,56],"tags":[35,27,233,278],"class_list":["post-447283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-society","category-reportaje","tag-important","tag-moldova","tag-parliament","tag-snap-elections"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Today, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova has an anniversary – 2 months since both the first and the last meeting of the newly elected Parliament was held, 2 months of discussions, negotiations (or their avoidance), declarations and attempts (which were more or less trustworthy) to solve the standstill the Parliament and the entire country has been brought to.<\/p>\n

No significant advance was reported since March 21st. There is one more month to go until Moldova’s president would dissolve the Parliament and would call a snap election.<\/p>\n

In a last-ditch effort to avoid a snap election, the political bloc ACUM invited<\/a>\u00a0the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) to the Parliament’s special session, on 21 May 2019 at 14:00, in order to elect the Parliament’s leadership and vote on the anti-oligarchic legislative initiatives.<\/p>\n

In response, the socialists\u00a0published<\/a> a press release on their official page where they mentioned that the ACUM proposition is unfounded and does not deserve to be taken into consideration. “This populist initiative of the representatives of the bloc ACUM can not surprise neither the PSRM faction in the Moldovan Parliament nor the majority of Moldovan citizens.”<\/em>\u00a0At the same time, the socialists highlighted the fact that in order to overcome the political crisis, it is necessary to create a parliamentary majority or to agree, at least, on the first election of the parliamentary leadership.<\/p>\n

In short, none of them is willing to reach a compromise. Therefore, it is very probable that a snap election will be conducted in Moldova soon.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, people are not prepared for it. They already seem disappointed and less motivated to vote again. Over the last few years, the voter turnout<\/a> in the Moldovan elections became lower and lower. During the 2014 parliamentary election it represented 57.28%, whereas during the 2019 parliamentary election it lowered to 50.57%. It could drop even more in case of snap election<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Moreover, a snap election would not change too much the configuration of Parliament, according to a survey<\/a> conducted by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers from Moldova. Only 15% of respondents believe that this political crisis could be overcome by snap elections. One\u00a0third of respondents consider that if snap election were organised, no political party would gain the majority, and the results would be similar to those of February elections.<\/p>\n

“We have noticed that the population is tired of elections. If there were snap elections, 48.7% of respondents said they would participate in the elections, whereas one third of the population is uncertain about what to do. This demonstrates once again that people have been disappointed with so many choices and political parties, which could not reach a consensus,”<\/em>\u00a0declared Eugen \u015etirbu<\/em><\/strong>, the director of the International Institute for Monitoring the Development of Democracy, Parliamentarianism and Respect for the Rights of the Citizens of the Member States of AIP CIS.<\/p>\n

Experts claim that political uncertainty also affects Moldova economically. Adrian Lupusor<\/strong><\/em>, the director of the Independent Analytical Center Expert-Grup claimed<\/a>\u00a0that the period of standstill leads to delay of financial support programs and early elections would hit the state budget, as the adjustments after the elections would be painful. The costs<\/a> of organizing elections in Moldova are inversely proportional to the citizens’ trust in politicians. Therefore, whereas the parliamentary elections in 2014 had a budget of 52 million lei, in 2019 – this budget amounted to more than 110 million lei and it could raise even more in case of snap election<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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