MOSCOW: The former president of Moldova and the leader of the country’s largest opposition Party of Socialists Igor Dodon, is convinced that...
MOSCOW: The former president of Moldova and the leader of the country’s largest opposition Party of Socialists Igor Dodon, is convinced that the majority in the future parliament will not support current President Maia Sandu and possibly impeach her.
"Even if no early presidential election takes place - although this is what we will try to do - the next parliament will be ‘anti Maia Sandu.’ <…> The next parliamentary majority will be ‘anti Maia Sandu.’ And after that Sandu, as I have already said, will either have to step down or will be removed from power through the impeachment procedure," he told TASS in an interview.
According to the Moldovan constitution, the president has limited duties, with real power concentrated in the hands of the government, appointed by the parliamentary majority. At present, the parliament is controlled by the Party of Action and Solidarity that supports Sandu. However, according to many local experts, the political landscape may change due to growing protest sentiments in the Moldovan society.
In Dodon’s opinion, the situation in Moldova should make a u-turn in the coming months.
"We will return to Russia as our strategic partner. We should also take a more pragmatic stance with regard to Europe. The European Union was formed <…> as an economic entity, but by now it has turned into a geopolitical monster, which is preparing for war and is forcing its members and partners to impose anti-Russian sanctions," he said. "We don’t need that, we don’t need this kind of Europe. That is why everything needs to be reviewed, taking our national interests into account."
"It is important that we start to change the Republic of Moldova in order to preserve our country. We’ve lost half of our population in 30 years. We used to have 4.5 billion residents, now there are only 2.5 million. These questions need to be raised, and they need to be dealt with," the ex-president added.
On November 3, the former Soviet republic held a run-off presidential election in which incumbent leader Sandu received 55.33% of the vote, defeating her rival, opposition candidate Alexandr Stoianoglo, who secured 51% of the vote at polling stations within the country. Sandu secured her victory after more than 300,000 Moldovan labor migrants voted at 200 polling stations set up in EU countries. The Central Election Commission received numerous complaints about the abuse of administrative resources and the organized dispatching of voters, but these were rejected.
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