The latest Prime Minister Designate, Ion Paduraru, decided to withdraw only a day after his designation by President Nicolae Timofti. Paduraru explained his gesture by saying he was
\nnot endorsed by a Parliament majority, which is interested in imposing another
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Following the election of November 30, 2014, nothing has
\nfunctioned properly in the Republic of Moldova. Although the self-proclaimed
\npro-Western parties – the Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic and the
\nLiberal Parties – won the election forcing the pro-Russian Socialists and Communists into opposition, the winners have found themselves unable to
\nhandle their own success. They have lately failed to nominate a Prime Minister
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Romania’s President, Klaus Iohannis, has described the situation in the
\nRepublic of Moldova as very complicated, adding that he trusts the Moldovan
\npoliticians. I count on the maturity of the political class in Chisinau to
\nfind the best way for settling the crisis, for instating a strong government
\nand for maintaining the country’s European progress, the head of the Romanian
\nstate has said. Iohannis has stood for a rapid and good solution to the political
\ncrisis in the Republic of Moldova. <\/p>\n
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In turn, the Senate’s Foreign Policy Chair, Petru Filip, says
\nRomania has no right to abandon either the Republic of Moldova, presently in a difficult situation, or its foreign policy’s strategic interest of endorsing the
\npro-European progress of the neighboring state. The Romanian official went on
\nto say that, of late, Romania seems to have throttled down on its pro-Moldova
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In his opinion, the support Romania can offer to the Republic of
\nMoldova has to comprise both the governmental and presidential dimensions, as
\nwell as the Romanian political parties’ capability to assess the
\nsituation, keeping in mind the interest of boosting the Republic of Moldova’s
\npro-European progress. Unless Chisinau gets a new government endorsed until January 29, the president has to dissolve Parliament and stage snap elections. <\/p>\n
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The most interested in this worst-case scenario are the pro-Russia Socialists, who are presently leading in opinion polls. The former Prime
\nMinister Iurie Leanca’s European People’s Party has also decided to join the
\nopposition and pleaded for snap election, a situation all pro-Western political
\npundits believe should be avoided. According to some MPs, suspending President Nicolae
\nTimofti could be another solution, an alternative that has been considered
\nby Moldovan MPs these days.<\/p>\n
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