{"id":447846,"date":"2019-12-31T13:58:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T13:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=447846"},"modified":"2020-01-05T13:56:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T13:56:29","slug":"2019-in-retrospect-moldovas-politics-in-international-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/2019-in-retrospect-moldovas-politics-in-international-media\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 in retrospect: Moldova’s politics in international media"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 6<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

In 2019, important political events happened in the Republic of Moldova: the country has changed 3 governments, it went through political and social crises, it has gained and lost the trust of international partners, etc. The most crucial events were reported not only by the biggest national media institutions but also drew the attention of international news channels. This is why, the end of the year is the proper time for a retrospection of these events and the way they were described by the top media outlets in the world.<\/p>\n

Filat’s son ordered to pay\u00a0\u00a3466,000<\/h3>\n

The year commenced with news about Luca Filat, the son of the former prime minister (PM), Vladimir Filat, who has been ordered “to hand over nearly \u00a3500,000 following a corruption investigation by the National Crime Agency,”<\/em> The Guardian<\/strong> informed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The media outlet wrote, at that moment, that the Luca’s accounts and expenses were funded by large deposits from overseas companies, including from Turkey and the Cayman Islands and that his accounts were hit with freezing orders in May 2018.<\/p>\n

Parliamentary elections<\/h3>\n

On the eve of the parliamentary elections in Moldova on February 24, Associated Press (AP)<\/strong>\u00a0News<\/strong> wrote<\/a> about the close battle of the political powers of that moment: “No outright winner is expected and the ballot will likely deepen a rift between pro-Western and pro-Russian forces, amid concerns about endemic corruption and crumbling democracy.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“There are three main parties: The Democratic Party, which heads the ruling coalition together with its junior partner the Popular European Party, the Socialists, who favour closer ties to Russia, and the pro-European ACUM which opposes both major parties and signed a pledge Thursday not to enter into a coalition with them if no party wins an outright majority,”<\/em> explained AP News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A special attention was paid to Ilan \u0218or – the leader of the\u00a0“\u0218or” Party, who was just about to get elected, even though he was involved in a $1 billion bank fraud and was sentenced to seven years and a half in jail, as a Bloomberg<\/strong> article informed<\/a> the world.<\/p>\n

The forecasts were legitimate, thus became true. “Moldova’s election has produced a hung parliament, splitting the vote between pro-Western and pro-Russian forces at a time when the ex-Soviet republic’s relations with the European Union have soured,”<\/em> commented<\/a> Euronews<\/strong> after the elections.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Vadim Ghirda<\/p><\/div>\n

According to the result of the parliamentary elections, 3 political parties (the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova – PSRM, the Democratic Party of Moldova – DPM and the “\u0218or” Party), 1 electoral bloc (ACUM) and 3 independent candidates were granted access in the Parliament.<\/p>\n

A new government<\/h3>\n

After 3 months of uncertainty and unwillingness to cooperate, the\u00a0parliament approved a new government based on an unprecedented alliance between pro-Russian and pro-European forces, as the Al Jazeera<\/strong> portal notified<\/a>. “The Socialist Party of then-president Igor Dodon agreed to work with the pro-European ACUM alliance and freeze out the previously ruling Democratic Party, led by the powerful oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc,” <\/em>the portal informed.<\/p>\n

“The development was welcomed by foreign observers, but the Democrats, who were in power before the February election, opposed it, calling on their supporters to start street protests. They accused their rivals of trying to usurp power and surrender Moldova to Russia,”<\/em> RT<\/strong> told<\/a> its public.<\/p>\n

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Protesters at Constitutional Court| Photo: Roveliu Buga<\/p><\/div>\n

An even heavier political crisis began when the Constitutional Court suspended President Igor Dodon and appointed ex-PM Pavel Filip as interim leader, who called for September snap vote. “The\u00a0new acting president dissolved parliament and called elections just after legislators appeared to have formed a government following months of wrangling,”<\/em> reported\u00a0 Al Jazeera<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“This sort of manipulation is exactly why Moldova\u2019s other parties, though sharply at odds over the country\u2019s geopolitical orientation, found it more important to jointly take on Mr. Plahotniuc. They plan to restore independence to the court system and the national electoral commission, and reverse electoral law changes made to favor Mr. Plahotniuc. Then it would be possible to hold a new election,”<\/em> The Washington Post<\/strong> claimed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The international media reports finally became more optimistic: “Moldova now has a fragile chance to cleanse its political system. […]\u00a0If the reform succeeds, Moldova would bolster an encouraging anti-corruption wave in its region,”<\/em> was written in the same article of The Washington Post<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Maia Sandu, the newly appointed Prime Minister of Moldova, announced that Moldova is finally free and can fight corruption, sack dishonest officials, make the electoral system fairer and get foreign aid flowing. Reuters<\/strong> wrote<\/a> the following: “Moldova\u2019s new prime minister Maia Sandu consolidated her power on Friday as her predecessor resigned, appearing to ease a crisis that shook the country for the past week as two rival governments jostled for control.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“We are in the process of liberating this captured state. The servants of the Plahotniuc regime are leaving, one after the other,”<\/em> <\/span>she declared in an interview<\/a> for Deutsche Welle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Later on, all six judges at Moldova\u2019s Constitutional Court, whose decisions have fuelled the political crisis, have resigned, as AP News<\/strong> announced.<\/a>\u00a0What’s more, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Moldova seized assets of the former DPM leader, Vlad Plahotniuc, worth 55 million lei, Plahotniuc\u00a0being investigated in two cases of large-scale money laundering, as Balkan Insight<\/strong>\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A new government (version 2.0)<\/h3>\n

Despite all the efforts to keep the PSRM and ACUM coalition together, the international media could observe the deep divergences between their ideologies. “It\u2019s as if they are trying to have it every way with everyone \u2014 telling the West what it wants to hear via Ms. Sandu while Mr. Dodon plays directly to Russia,”<\/em> was writing<\/a>\u00a0The Washington Times<\/strong> in September.<\/p>\n

The delay-action bomb exploded anyway and\u00a0Reuters<\/strong> along with other media publications announced<\/a>\u00a0the entire world in November: “A no-confidence vote brought down Moldova\u2019s government threatening more instability just five months after pro-Western Prime Minister Maia Sandu took office promising to fight corruption.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“The coalition has tussled over who should have the power to appoint a new prosecutor general. Sandu wanted to be able to make the choice herself, but the Socialists wanted a special commission under the justice ministry to decide,”<\/em> it is explained in the same\u00a0Reuters<\/strong> article.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

“Sandu wanted an independent candidate\u00a0who would crack\u00a0down on corruption and organised crime. But she was unable to push this through against resistance from the old cliques, including\u00a0the Socialists, who insisted that not the prime minister but a Justice Ministry commission should take the decision on the appointment,”<\/em> added<\/a> Deutsche Welle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Protesters in Chisinau demonstrated against Sandu’s ouster| source: DW\/Y Semenowa<\/p><\/div>\n

Dodon said, as Reuters<\/strong> reported, that the Socialists would try to run a minority government if ACUM and PSRM could not compromise on a new prime minister candidacy.<\/p>\n

The next day, the same media institution announced<\/a> that “the Moldovan President Igor Dodon nominated former finance minister Ion Chicu to be the next prime minister in what is likely to be a Socialist Party-backed minority government following the collapse of the ruling coalition.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Now, the only strongman left in Moldova is President Igor Dodon. […]\u00a0The speed at which he installed the new government is mind-boggling. There is reason to believe that he had been pulling strings in the background for some time, negotiating with the Democratic Party about toppling the Sandu government and setting up a new Cabinet,” <\/em>said<\/a> Deutsche Welle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Even though the new PM Ion Chicu emphasized that his Cabinet had no political attachments, more than half of the 11 ministers in the new government, including Chicu, are former advisers to Russia-backed President Igor Dodon, as AP News<\/strong> disclosed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the shadow of the new government, “Moldova\u2019s new prime minister raised the possibility of a \u201cpause\u201d in its cooperation with the International Monetary Fund, a day after he said his ex-Soviet republic was negotiating a $500 million loan with Russia,”<\/em> Reuters<\/strong> reported<\/a>. \u00a0The future of the EU disbursements in the budget of Moldova, as a support assistance to help deliver much needed reforms, is also uncertain, as the disbursement were initially granted to the Government led by Maia Sandu.<\/p>\n

Therefore, as Reuters<\/strong> claimed, the new old socialist government\u00a0suggests a likely pivot back towards Russia.<\/p>\n

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Reading Time: <\/span> 6<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>In 2019, important political events happened in the Republic of Moldova: the country has changed 3 governments, it went through political and social crises, it has gained and lost the trust of international partners, etc. The most crucial events were reported not only by the biggest national media institutions but also drew the attention of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":447849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,56],"tags":[249,134,35,524,287,27,75],"class_list":["post-447846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-society","category-reportaje","tag-249","tag-events","tag-important","tag-international","tag-media","tag-moldova","tag-politics"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 6<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

In 2019, important political events happened in the Republic of Moldova: the country has changed 3 governments, it went through political and social crises, it has gained and lost the trust of international partners, etc. The most crucial events were reported not only by the biggest national media institutions but also drew the attention of international news channels. This is why, the end of the year is the proper time for a retrospection of these events and the way they were described by the top media outlets in the world.<\/p>\n

Filat’s son ordered to pay\u00a0\u00a3466,000<\/h3>\n

The year commenced with news about Luca Filat, the son of the former prime minister (PM), Vladimir Filat, who has been ordered “to hand over nearly \u00a3500,000 following a corruption investigation by the National Crime Agency,”<\/em> The Guardian<\/strong> informed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The media outlet wrote, at that moment, that the Luca’s accounts and expenses were funded by large deposits from overseas companies, including from Turkey and the Cayman Islands and that his accounts were hit with freezing orders in May 2018.<\/p>\n

Parliamentary elections<\/h3>\n

On the eve of the parliamentary elections in Moldova on February 24, Associated Press (AP)<\/strong>\u00a0News<\/strong> wrote<\/a> about the close battle of the political powers of that moment: “No outright winner is expected and the ballot will likely deepen a rift between pro-Western and pro-Russian forces, amid concerns about endemic corruption and crumbling democracy.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“There are three main parties: The Democratic Party, which heads the ruling coalition together with its junior partner the Popular European Party, the Socialists, who favour closer ties to Russia, and the pro-European ACUM which opposes both major parties and signed a pledge Thursday not to enter into a coalition with them if no party wins an outright majority,”<\/em> explained AP News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A special attention was paid to Ilan \u0218or – the leader of the\u00a0“\u0218or” Party, who was just about to get elected, even though he was involved in a $1 billion bank fraud and was sentenced to seven years and a half in jail, as a Bloomberg<\/strong> article informed<\/a> the world.<\/p>\n

The forecasts were legitimate, thus became true. “Moldova’s election has produced a hung parliament, splitting the vote between pro-Western and pro-Russian forces at a time when the ex-Soviet republic’s relations with the European Union have soured,”<\/em> commented<\/a> Euronews<\/strong> after the elections.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Vadim Ghirda<\/p><\/div>\n

According to the result of the parliamentary elections, 3 political parties (the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova – PSRM, the Democratic Party of Moldova – DPM and the “\u0218or” Party), 1 electoral bloc (ACUM) and 3 independent candidates were granted access in the Parliament.<\/p>\n

A new government<\/h3>\n

After 3 months of uncertainty and unwillingness to cooperate, the\u00a0parliament approved a new government based on an unprecedented alliance between pro-Russian and pro-European forces, as the Al Jazeera<\/strong> portal notified<\/a>. “The Socialist Party of then-president Igor Dodon agreed to work with the pro-European ACUM alliance and freeze out the previously ruling Democratic Party, led by the powerful oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc,” <\/em>the portal informed.<\/p>\n

“The development was welcomed by foreign observers, but the Democrats, who were in power before the February election, opposed it, calling on their supporters to start street protests. They accused their rivals of trying to usurp power and surrender Moldova to Russia,”<\/em> RT<\/strong> told<\/a> its public.<\/p>\n

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Protesters at Constitutional Court| Photo: Roveliu Buga<\/p><\/div>\n

An even heavier political crisis began when the Constitutional Court suspended President Igor Dodon and appointed ex-PM Pavel Filip as interim leader, who called for September snap vote. “The\u00a0new acting president dissolved parliament and called elections just after legislators appeared to have formed a government following months of wrangling,”<\/em> reported\u00a0 Al Jazeera<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“This sort of manipulation is exactly why Moldova\u2019s other parties, though sharply at odds over the country\u2019s geopolitical orientation, found it more important to jointly take on Mr. Plahotniuc. They plan to restore independence to the court system and the national electoral commission, and reverse electoral law changes made to favor Mr. Plahotniuc. Then it would be possible to hold a new election,”<\/em> The Washington Post<\/strong> claimed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The international media reports finally became more optimistic: “Moldova now has a fragile chance to cleanse its political system. […]\u00a0If the reform succeeds, Moldova would bolster an encouraging anti-corruption wave in its region,”<\/em> was written in the same article of The Washington Post<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Maia Sandu, the newly appointed Prime Minister of Moldova, announced that Moldova is finally free and can fight corruption, sack dishonest officials, make the electoral system fairer and get foreign aid flowing. Reuters<\/strong> wrote<\/a> the following: “Moldova\u2019s new prime minister Maia Sandu consolidated her power on Friday as her predecessor resigned, appearing to ease a crisis that shook the country for the past week as two rival governments jostled for control.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“We are in the process of liberating this captured state. The servants of the Plahotniuc regime are leaving, one after the other,”<\/em> <\/span>she declared in an interview<\/a> for Deutsche Welle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Later on, all six judges at Moldova\u2019s Constitutional Court, whose decisions have fuelled the political crisis, have resigned, as AP News<\/strong> announced.<\/a>\u00a0What’s more, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Moldova seized assets of the former DPM leader, Vlad Plahotniuc, worth 55 million lei, Plahotniuc\u00a0being investigated in two cases of large-scale money laundering, as Balkan Insight<\/strong>\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A new government (version 2.0)<\/h3>\n

Despite all the efforts to keep the PSRM and ACUM coalition together, the international media could observe the deep divergences between their ideologies. “It\u2019s as if they are trying to have it every way with everyone \u2014 telling the West what it wants to hear via Ms. Sandu while Mr. Dodon plays directly to Russia,”<\/em> was writing<\/a>\u00a0The Washington Times<\/strong> in September.<\/p>\n

The delay-action bomb exploded anyway and\u00a0Reuters<\/strong> along with other media publications announced<\/a>\u00a0the entire world in November: “A no-confidence vote brought down Moldova\u2019s government threatening more instability just five months after pro-Western Prime Minister Maia Sandu took office promising to fight corruption.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“The coalition has tussled over who should have the power to appoint a new prosecutor general. Sandu wanted to be able to make the choice herself, but the Socialists wanted a special commission under the justice ministry to decide,”<\/em> it is explained in the same\u00a0Reuters<\/strong> article.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

“Sandu wanted an independent candidate\u00a0who would crack\u00a0down on corruption and organised crime. But she was unable to push this through against resistance from the old cliques, including\u00a0the Socialists, who insisted that not the prime minister but a Justice Ministry commission should take the decision on the appointment,”<\/em> added<\/a> Deutsche Welle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Protesters in Chisinau demonstrated against Sandu’s ouster| source: DW\/Y Semenowa<\/p><\/div>\n

Dodon said, as Reuters<\/strong> reported, that the Socialists would try to run a minority government if ACUM and PSRM could not compromise on a new prime minister candidacy.<\/p>\n

The next day, the same media institution announced<\/a> that “the Moldovan President Igor Dodon nominated former finance minister Ion Chicu to be the next prime minister in what is likely to be a Socialist Party-backed minority government following the collapse of the ruling coalition.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Now, the only strongman left in Moldova is President Igor Dodon. […]\u00a0The speed at which he installed the new government is mind-boggling. There is reason to believe that he had been pulling strings in the background for some time, negotiating with the Democratic Party about toppling the Sandu government and setting up a new Cabinet,” <\/em>said<\/a> Deutsche Welle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Even though the new PM Ion Chicu emphasized that his Cabinet had no political attachments, more than half of the 11 ministers in the new government, including Chicu, are former advisers to Russia-backed President Igor Dodon, as AP News<\/strong> disclosed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the shadow of the new government, “Moldova\u2019s new prime minister raised the possibility of a \u201cpause\u201d in its cooperation with the International Monetary Fund, a day after he said his ex-Soviet republic was negotiating a $500 million loan with Russia,”<\/em> Reuters<\/strong> reported<\/a>. \u00a0The future of the EU disbursements in the budget of Moldova, as a support assistance to help deliver much needed reforms, is also uncertain, as the disbursement were initially granted to the Government led by Maia Sandu.<\/p>\n

Therefore, as Reuters<\/strong> claimed, the new old socialist government\u00a0suggests a likely pivot back towards Russia.<\/p>\n

Photo: ipi.media<\/p>\n

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