Dodon Supported Autumn 2021 Early Parliamentary Elections in Moldova

The incumbent president, Igor Dodon, considers it unlikely massive opposition protests after Sunday's presidential elections where Maia Sandu won. "I am sure there will be such attempts, but it will not be easy. First, many people need to be brought out into the street to do this. We have actually recognized the elections. If you bring people out - in order to achieve the dissolution of parliament, but now I do not see a real opportunity to bring 5-10 thousand people to the streets in pandemic under such a slogan, "Dodon said on Thursday, answering the question about the likelihood of pressure on authorities coming from the street to destabilize the situation. At the same time, the president informed that his election headquarters had appealed to the courts regarding violations registered in the elections., tass.ru reported. Igor Dodon also supported the dissolution of the current parliament, but believes that in the pandemic context elections should be held in the fall. "I have not changed my position and I believe that this parliament does not correspond to the results of the 2019 elections and it needs to be cleared. Early elections are better to be held in the second half of next year, as it is necessary to cope with the pandemic: a new daily maximum was registered yesterday - more than 1, 6 thousand infected, - and one more election campaign against this background is undesirable, " Dodon said. He stressed that out of 101 deputies of the current legislative body that were elected under the Vladimir Plahotniuc regime, who fled the country, "almost 40-45 will not get into the new parliament." "If we analyze the results of the presidential elections, then only two parties have legitimacy - our Socialists and the Party of Action and Solidarity of Maia Sandu. The vote showed that other parliamentary parties, may their leaders not be offended, have failed," Dodon said. He stressed that he considers it very unlikely that a new ruling coalition will be formed in parliament. "Theoretically, if you create it, then it should be either a broad coalition or a bilateral one - the socialists and the Sandu party. From the point of view of the country's interests and foreign policy situation, such a coalition would be ideal. But the right-wingers are not ready for such cooperation, they want to quickly carry out early elections and strengthen their ranks and only after that start negotiations on a coalition," Dodon said. At present, the Socialists have 37 seats in parliament, the Sandu party has 15. The Democratic Party has 13, the rest are controlled by the parliamentary groups that have splintered from it, the Platform for Dignity and Truth Party and Shor's party. According to the Central Election Commission, in the November 15 elections, the head of the opposition pro-European Action and Solidarity Party, Maia Sandu, was elected president with 57.7% of the vote, while Dodon had 42.2%.