| Political Crisis and Communism in the Republic of Moldova |
| (2013-04-25) |
| Last updated: 2013-04-26 13:49 EET |
Against the background of political crisis within the ruling democratic parties in the Republic of Moldova, the Communists seem to win back some of the popularity they lost four years ago.
The Moldovan Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Iurie Leanca, is, as of Thursday, Moldova’s interim prime minister. He has been appointed to fill this position by president Nicolae Timofti, after the Constitutional Court declared null and void the presidential decrees according to which the Liberal Democrat Vlad Filat, who had previously run two consecutive governments, was allowed to keep his seat and was assigned the task of forming a new government. The previous government, headed by Vlad Filat was dismissed by Parliament on March 5th.
Under the circumstances, President Nicolae Timofti has to resume consultations with the different parties in parliament in order to appoint another potential candidate for the PM seat. Two of the political parties that made up the former Alliance for European Integration, the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party respectively, have voiced their availability to hold negotiations on forming a new parliamentary majority and on backing a pro-European government.
The Liberal Democratic Party, headed by Vlad Filat, has not taken any decision yet. Reaching a consensus seems to be a difficult task, following the crisis within the Alliance for European Integration that triggered the dismantling of the ruling three-party alliance, four months ago. On the other hand, the political instability in Chisinau does nothing but increase the Communists’ political odds. A public opinion barometer, conducted this month, shows that if elections were held tomorrow, the Communists would win over 32% of the votes, by 8% more than in November when the previous barometer was made public, while the pro-Western parties would be little over the election threshold.
According to the same poll, the Communists’ leader Vladimir Voronin is the politician who enjoys most of the voters’ confidence, of over 18%, more than the head of the Liberal Democrats, Vlad Filat, whose trust rate has been constant. Moldovans continue to put their trust in the Church, the media, the Army and the Mayoralty. Moreover, 84% of respondents believe that Moldova is heading towards the wrong direction, and only 50% of them would vote, if a referendum were held, in favour of Moldova’s accession to the EU. Asked whether they would back their country’s accession to the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, 52% of the Moldovans answered positively.
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