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Snap parliamentary elections will be held in Moldova on 11 July 2021. Following the resignation of Ion Chicu, the position of Prime Minister became vacant, with the Parliament being obligated to form a new government within 3 months. After the expiration of the constitutionally mandated period and two failed attempts to win parliamentary approval for the proposed cabinets, the Constitutional Court ruled on 15 April that the circumstances justifying the dissolution of the parliament were met. President Maia Sandu signed the decree dissolving the Parliament on 28 April.
Background
The Constitution of Moldova mandates that a government must be formed within three months of official results of parliamentary elections being proclaimed by the Constitutional Court. The results of the 24 February 2019 elections were confirmed on 9 March. On 8 June a coalition government led by Maia Sandu was formed by the Party of Socialists (PSRM) and the ACUM alliance. However, the Democratic Party (PDM) petitioned the Supreme Court, claiming that the government had not been formed in time. The Court interpreted the three-month deadline as 90 days, which meant the deadline had been 7 June, and concluded that snap elections should be held. The following day the Court suspended President Igor Dodon (a former PSRM leader) from exercising his presidential powers and duties for failing to dissolve parliament, and appointed former prime minister Pavel Filip of the PDM as acting president. Filip subsequently issued a decree calling for early elections for 6 September.[1]
Dodon and the PSRM–ACUM coalition called the process illegal. The governments of Russia, France, Germany, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom all recognised the newly-formed Sandu cabinet as the legitimate government. On 14 June Filip stepped down and allowed the PSRM–ACUM government to take office. However, the new government was subsequently ousted in a motion of no confidence in Parliament on 12 November in a dispute over a draft law assumed by the government to delegate a part of its plenary powers to the Prime Minister to propose a "shortlist" with the candidates for Prosecutor General's position.[2][3]
Another new PSRM–PDM government, headed by Ion Chicu, was formed on 14 November 2019.[4] The Democratic Party left the coalition on 7 November 2020, during presidential elections, to allow the formation of a new government under the new president.[5] The Chicu cabinet remained in office as a minority government, supported by the Șor Party, with the PDM ministers replaced by independents. Former prime minister and PAS (ACUM) leader Maia Sandu was elected president on 15 November 2020. Chicu resigned as Prime Minister on 23 December, hours ahead of a PAS-sponsored motion of no confidence.
Sandu planned to appoint Natalia Gavrilița to the position of Prime Minister twice in order to trigger early elections, as under the constitution of Moldova, two failures of Parliament to approve a new government within 45 days of the first request will lead to the dissolution of parliament.[6] Sandu first nominated Gavrilita to the position on 27 January 2021,[6] with her candidacy being unanimously voted down by the parliament on 11 February.[7] The PSRM and its allies then proposed Mariana Durleșteanu for the position with the support of 54 of 101 MPs, but Sandu instead re-nominated Gavrilița on 11 February 2021.[8] However, the Constitutional Court ruled on 23 February 2021 that Sandu should not have nominated Gavrilita twice.[8] Sandu nominated Igor Grosu to the position on 16 March after Durleșteanu withdrew her candidacy.[9][10]
Grosu failed to get his government approved due to the socialist-led opposition boycotting the vote, which resulted in the vote failing due to a lack of a quorum.[11] The two failed attempts made early parliamentary elections possible,[12] and Sandu asked the Constitutional Court to verify the constitutionality of dissolving parliament and holding snap elections.[13] However, on 31 March Parliament voted to impose a 60-day state of emergency, during which a snap election could not be held, to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] On 15 April the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of dissolving parliament.[14] On 28 April the Constitutional Court declared the state of emergency voted by the Parliament on 31 March unconstitutional as the Decision of Parliament which instituted it was adopted in violation of the rules of procedure, having failed to establish why exactly the executive need extended powers.[15] Later the same day, president Maia Sandu signed the dissolution decree of the Parliament and established the snap parliamentary elections to be held on 11 July 2021.[16]
Electoral system
The 101 seats in the Parliament are elected by party-list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency. An electoral list may contain 51 to 103 candidates. The nation-wide electoral threshold varies depending on the type of list; for single parties or organisations it is 5%; for an electoral bloc of two or more parties it is 7%. For independent candidates the threshold is 2%.[17]
Parties and coalitions
This is a list of the parties that are currently represented in the Parliament and parties that are already submitted their list.[18]
Opinion polls
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References
- ^ Snap elections called as Moldova crisis escalates BBC News, 9 June 2019
- ^ "R. Moldova: Guvernul Maiei Sandu a fost demis prin moțiune de cenzură", Europa Liberă România, retrieved November 18, 2019
- ^ "Guvernul condus de Maia Sandu a fost demis. Dodon se apucă să-și facă propriul cabinet", DW.COM, retrieved November 18, 2019
- ^ "Moldovan parliament approves Ion Chicu as new prime minister". Reuters. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ "Pavel Filip, despre revocarea miniștrilor PDM: Este nevoie de o resetare a guvernării", ipn.md, retrieved December 27, 2020
- ^ a b Necșuțu, Mădălin (8 February 2021). "In Moldova, New President Wrestles with Hostile Parliament". Balkan Insight.
- ^ "Guvernul Gavrilița a picat în Parlament". Deschide (in Romanian). 11 February 2021..
- ^ a b Necșuțu, Mădălin (23 February 2021). "Moldovan President's Appointment of PM Declared Unconstitutional". Balkan Insight.
- ^ "Moldova's president says nominating new prime minister". Reuters. 16 March 2021.
- ^ Ernst, Iulian (17 March 2021). "President appoints new PM-designate as Moldova faces third coronavirus wave". bne IntelliNews.
- ^ "Grosu Fails To Be Approved As Moldovan Prime Minister Over Absence Of Quorum - Speaker". UrduPoint. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Moldova Parliament Rejects Proposed PM, Bringing Elections Nearer". Balkan Insight. balkaninsight. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ a b "Moldova Introduces Two-Month State Of Emergency To Contain Pandemic". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Moldova's Top Court Rules Pro-Western President Can Dissolve Parliament". rferl.org. Radio Free Europe. 15 April 2021.
- ^ Moldova, Curtea Constituţională a Republicii (2021-04-28). "Hotărârea adoptată de Parlament referitoare la declararea stării de urgență – neconstituțională". constcourt.md (in Romanian). Retrieved 2021-04-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Moldova's tough president gets the election she wanted". Emerging Europe. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "CODUL ELECTORAL" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
- ^ http://alegeri.md/enwiki/w/Pagina_principal%C4%83
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