Maia Sandu Party in danger. Under what conditions most could lose most of the Chisinau Parliament
Even though, following the parliamentary elections on Sunday, the party founded by Maia Sandu, the current president of the Republic of Moldova, managed to obtain 55 mandates, the future governance in Chisinau can be extremely fragile, a Digi24.ro analysis shows.
Maia Sandu addressed the Moldovans after the elections. Photo Facebook Maia Sandu
The 55 mandates obtained could lead the future government to a difficult situation.
In his first term at the helm of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu enjoyed solid support from the party that he founded, who obtained 61 mandates in the 2021 elections, which allowed him to put into practice the difficult, but necessary for the pro-European path.
Even so, the party suffered several tensions. The repeated government reshapes and the change of the prime minister led to dissatisfaction in the officially led party by Igor Grosu, president and Parliament.
This year's elections represented a moment of cohesion, even though former party members preferred to run independently for parliament. Only, immediately after validating the result of the elections, two of the deputies arrived on the step in the Moldovan legislature announced that they will carry out their parliamentary activity as independent legislators.
The two come from the former ally party of Maia Sandu, the Platform Right and Truth, who announced that he will not run for the parliamentary elections in order not to fragment the pro-European vote. Between the step and the two there would have been no clearly signed protocol, which allowed Dinu Plîgău and Star Macari to announce that they would activate as non-affiliated deputies.
The pro-Romanian and pro-European positions manifested by Plărău and Marks do not guarantee an absolute fidelity for the PAS Party.
This means that, if they did not agree with some legislative proposals from the ruling party, step could be based only on the votes of their own list.
Three votes could make the difference
In order for a law to be voted or for the executive to be invested, 51 votes are needed, out of the 101 deputies in the Republic of Moldova. Although, arithmetic, the majority of Maia Sandu is constituted, only three votes could become decisive to a potential government dismissal or block some legislative initiatives.
In the previous legislative, PAS lost several deputies due to internal dissensions.
Now, on the PAS list they have entered the Parliament, in addition to the former members of the Government or Parliament, personalities from the artistic or sports world. Their loyalty cannot be questioned, but it remains to be seen if they will have the total availability to attend the legislative meetings, according to Digi24 analysis.
