{"id":1491,"date":"2013-04-22T17:34:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T17:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alegeliber.md\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2013-04-23T17:44:10","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T17:44:10","slug":"epde-concerned-about-change-of-electoral-system-in-moldova-behind-closed-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/epde-concerned-about-change-of-electoral-system-in-moldova-behind-closed-doors-1491.html","title":{"rendered":"EPDE CONCERNED ABOUT CHANGE OF ELECTORAL SYSTEM  IN MOLDOVA BEHIND CLOSED DOORS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1493\" href=\"http:\/\/alegeliber.md\/?attachment_id=1493\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1493\" title=\"logo EPDE\" src=\"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/logo-EPDE.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/logo-EPDE.png 165w, https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/logo-EPDE-100x80.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a>Chisinau, 22 April 2013<\/strong>:  The European Platform for Democratic Elections and its Moldovan member  organization Promo-LEX Association are alarmed by the hurried and  non-transparent modification of the electoral system in Moldova. On  April 16<sup>th<\/sup> the draft law on changing the electoral system was registered in the Parliament by a group of deputies; on April 17<sup>th<\/sup> it received the approval of the Juridical Commission of the Parliament and on 18<sup>th<\/sup> and respectively 19<sup>th<\/sup> of April the Parliament adopted the law in first and second (final)  readings. By April 20th, 2013 the President promulgated the law and it  was already published in the Official Monitor.<\/p>\n<p>Moldovan society witnessed the adoption of a  mixed electoral system without any chances to participate in public  debates on this issue. Even though in the morning of April 19<sup>th<\/sup>, Promo-LEX and the Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections expressed their concern regarding the urgent and non-transparent  examination in the first reading of the draft of law, the Parliament  passed the final reading of the draft law without any consultations with  the civil society. Moreover, the draft law was not accompanied by the  approvals from the Government, the ministries and other parliamentary  commissions and lacked the advisory approval of the Central Electoral  Commission. For comparison: Another draft law on financing of the  political parties and election campaigns that passed long consultations  with all the national and international stakeholders, including the  Venice Commission of the Council of Europe is still waiting to be  examined by the Parliament. Thus, the entire situation amplifies the  concerns of the society that the law on modifying the electoral system  is a political deal in the context of negotiations to overcome the  political crisis in Moldova that has emerged after the Government  resigned on March 5, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Promo-LEX and the European Platform for  Democratic Elections consider that the law contains a lot of  deficiencies. The law is restricting the electoral rights of the  citizens of the Republic of Moldova from Transnistria &#8211; more than  230.000 voters &#8211; and also of more than 500.000 voters that reside  abroad. These citizens are provided only the possibility to vote on the  basis of party lists. These discriminatory provisions must be excluded  from the law. Another major concern is related to the potential  consequences of the implementation of a mixed electoral system in the  Republic of Moldova in the current socio-political situation, with  perpetual accusations of corruption but also of oligarchy in the  political life. Promo-LEX and EPDE regret that the Parliament didn\u2019t  request the expert review of the draft law from the perspective of  corruptibility before its adoption in the final reading and did not  organize public discussion of the draft law in Moldova.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chisinau, 22 April 2013: The European Platform for Democratic Elections and its Moldovan member organization Promo-LEX Association are alarmed by the hurried and non-transparent modification of the electoral system in Moldova. On April 16th the draft law on changing the electoral system was registered in the Parliament by a group of deputies; on April 17th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegeliber.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}