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| Media Headlines 07/06/2011 |
| (2011-06-07) |
| Last updated: 2011-06-08 16:22 EET |
The Bucharest press has largely covered the local elections in the neighboring Republic of Moldova, a former Soviet state, with a predominantly Romanian speaking population. Most newspapers now focus on capital Chisinau, which is home to one third of the total population of the country. There, the election of the mayor reflects the main characteristics of the political fight that has for twenty years pitched the pro-Russian communists against the pro-Romanian and pro-European democrats.
Holding the reins of municipality power translates not only into holding control over a major part of the economy of a small state such as Moldova; it is also an image capital and winning it is a must, given that both communists and democrats want to convince an undecided and easy to manipulate electorate of the advantages of either of the two antagonistic systems.
Sacrificed itself during the many years of totalitarianism, the press in Romania regards the tight results of the first round of elections in Chisinau as a threat that communists might come back. ‘Shock’ headlines the daily paper Adevarul, anticipating, a little bit too early, the Moldovan capital getting into the hands of a Communist mayor.
According to Adevarul, the rise of communist Vladimir Voronin’s party is mainly the result of disputes inside the democratic ruling coalition. ‘It’s a cold shower to the leaders of the Alliance for European Integration and to the liberals in Moldova’, reads the paper, predicting that if Dorin Chirtoaca loses the city hall, the trend of his political party, the Liberal Party, will be downward.
‘Chisinau in the hands of Igor Dodon’ headlines the daily paper Evenimentul Zilei, also saying that the Communists’ Party already holds majority in the local council of the Moldovan capital and controls two other major cities: Balti, in the north and Cahul in the south. ‘In the absence of tangible results and reforms, and always in the grip of internal fighting, the democratic alliance proves to be a disappointment’, writes political analyst Roman Mihaes in the same newspaper.
The daily paper Romania Libera attempts an answer to the question: ‘Why are the communists coming back to power?’, revealing the surprise triggered in Romania by the results of the local elections in the neighboring country. The paper gives credit to the idea according to which the communists conducted a better organized campaign and Moldovan society is patriarchal by nature, preferring ‘ Voronin’s peace’ rather than the fighting between the democrat leaders.
Reputed political analyst Dan Dungaciu, interviewed by the news portal Hotnewes.ro believes that the mistakes made by the pro-western alliance, the failure of institutional reforms, ethnic polarization and Russia’s influence have all significantly contributed to the unexpected results of the elections that are finally giving hope to communists that they will come back to the front ranks, possibly through early legislative elections.
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