- Results of the first round of elections in Gagauzia
Igor Botan, September 13, 2012
- The first round of elections to the People’s Assembly of Gagauzia ended on September 9, 2012 with the election of 13 out of 35 deputies. Representatives of the three main political parties from the region were satisfied both with their results and with the way the campaign developed[…]
Elections • Political parties
- 2012 legislative elections in Gagauzia
Igor Botan, September 5, 2012
- The failure of decision-making authorities in Gagauzia to agree on amendment of the local election legislation perpetuated in the 2012 campaign the shortcomings signalled during the previous four electoral campaigns. Like during previous elections, the current electoral campaign for the Gagauz legislature is a battle for the three interested players from the region — the head of the Comrat Executive, Governor Mihail Formuzal, Comrat Mayor Nicolai Dudoglo and the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM)[…]
Elections • Political parties
- Impact of the incapacity to elect the chief of state on Moldova’ European integration process (part II)
Igor Botan, February 3, 2012
- Institutional crisis related to the Parliament’s incapacity to elect the chief of state is based on the antagonistic polarization of political scene, rather than on imperfect provisions of the Constitution[…]
Elections • Governmental policies • Justice and legal bodies
- Impact of the incapacity to elect the chief of state on Moldova’ European integration process (part I)
Igor Botan, January 16, 2012
- The incapacity of ruling alliance to elect the chief of state has a direct impact on Moldova’s European integration. Violation of the rule of law principles because of vanities and ambitions of AIE leaders are clearly contrary to the Copenhagen EU Membership criteria[…]
Elections • Governmental policies • Justice and legal bodies
- AIE in zeitnot
Igor Botan, November 1, 2011
- AIE is running out of time for a banal reason — the absence of elementary communication between its leaders and the cultivation of practice for putting partners forward a fait accompli. The voting by the PDM faction of a decision to release the presidential election procedure without coordinating it with partners has the features of a vendetta of those pined to the wall, which were thought to be short of counterpart and expected to obey[…]
Governmental policies
- Phoenix Bird and Watermelon
Igor Botan, October 17, 2011
- The activity of AIE in the last half year proved that this political structure is incapable to promote the promised reforms and overcome the institutional crisis faced by Moldova for more than two years[…]
Governmental policies • Government — opposition relations
- Who is afraid of early elections?
Igor Botan, September 6, 2011
- Statements of the prime-minister that “the things go wrong” and that there is a threat of “mafiotization” of the Republic of Moldova revealed that the early parliamentary elections would not be a catastrophe to the Republic of Moldova, but a catastrophe to AIE[…]
Elections • Political parties • Government — opposition relations
- Sad end of the “success story”
Igor Botan, August 6, 2011
- The end of the spring-summer parliamentary session was an occasion to summarize the work of the Alliance for European Integration (AIE)[…]
Political parties • Governmental policies • Government — opposition relations
- Election of district heads — a new occasion to torpedo or revitalize AIE
Igor Botan, June 29, 2011
- Disputes between AIE components exceeded the limits to be credible in eyes of electors. For the time being, following local elections, the definitive collapse or eventual recovery of AIE could be based on a political decision to build majorities in district councils[…]
Elections • Political parties
- Preliminary results of 2011 local elections
Igor Botan, June 23, 2011
- The high turnout of local elections on June 5 and 19, 2011 (53.7 percent while approximately 20 percent of citizens who have the right to vote are outside of the country and cannot participate in elections) was on a level with their importance. The political-administrative nature of local elections carries a series of nuances[…]
Elections
