Maia Sandu, president of the Republic
\nof Moldova on Wednesday dissolved Parliament in Chisinau and called for early
\nelection on July 11th. This became possible after the country’s Constitutional
\nCourt had ruled the state of emergency as unconstitutional, paving the way for
\nthe dissolution of Parliament, which couldn’t have been dissolved otherwise.<\/p>\n
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Maia Sandu: Through this decision we have opened the way for citizens to be able to
\nelect a new Parliament to serve their interest and the country’s. The power is
\nnow in the hands of the people. I trust our citizens and their readiness to
\nchoose the right way towards a developed democratic state in which people are
\nliving in peace and prosperity.<\/p>\n
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The Parliamentary election
\nis the way out of the political deadlock currently affecting the small
\nRomanian-speaking state in the east. With an ambitious reform agenda including
\nseveral goals as curbing corruption, streamlining institutions and embracing
\nEuropean values, Maia Sandu from the very beginning of her mandate has attracted
\nopposition from the Parliament majority made up of the Socialists of the former
\npro-Russia president Igor Dodon. In a bid to block the early election, Dodon
\nand his allies made an abortive attempt at changing the members of the
\nConstitutional Court. The European institutions and the US Department of State
\nhave voiced concern over the latest moves by the pro-Russia majority in
\nMoldova, describing them as a blatant attack on the country’s democratic norms
\nand its Constitutional order. <\/p>\n
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Prior to Sandu’s statement, Dodon had
\nagain lashed out at the Constitutional Court, which he described as a political
\ninstrument in the hands of some politicians trying to undermine the state
\nauthority. <\/p>\n
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Dodon has also described his
\npolitical opponents as puppets of the West. His political supporter, Moscow,
\nhas denounced what it calls a direct intrusion of the US and EU in the domestic
\naffairs of the Republic of Moldova urging both entities to refrain from such
\nmoves. <\/p>\n
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The anti-Constitutional coup in
\nChisinau has also been firmly condemned by Bucharest. According to Romania’s
\nForeign Minister Bogdan Aurescu, the latest moves involving Parliament in
\nChisinau are proof of the importance that must be attached to the continuous
\nobservation of the rule of law in the Republic of Moldova as well as the
\nimportance of avoiding any decisions that might cast a question mark over the
\nrule of law in this country. <\/p>\n
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In turn, Romania’s Constitutional
\nCourt (CCR) has expressed disagreement towards the concerted attacks against
\nthe Constitutional Court in the Republic of Moldova and the constitutional
\ncrisis in this country. ‘To incite to disregarding the Constitutional Court’s
\nrulings is tantamount to incite to breaking the law, the rule of law, to
\ncancelling the very essence of democracy’, the CCR says. <\/p>\n
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