Tanase: Nobody Thinks about What Will Happen after the Dissolution of Parliament

After the head of state signs a decree on the dissolution of parliament, there will be three months before the elections, but the state of emergency terms must also be taken into account. According to the former chairman of the Constitutional Court Alexandru Tanase, the PAS and PSRM are likely to sit down at the negotiating table again after the early elections. The statements were made during an interview with Europa Libera. According to Alexandru Tanase, no one can know exactly what will happen next, because the agenda of the politicians is unknown. “This decision of the Constitutional Court does not mean an automatic dissolution of parliament. It gives the president the opportunity to sign a decree. If we follow the spirit of constitutional norms, the president, of course, has the right to sign such a decree, but we must also see if she has the capacity to appoint a government,” said Alexandru Tanase. President Maia Sandu said she would set a date for early elections as soon as the Constitutional Court ruled on the legality of the state of emergency. “The decision belongs to the president. In this regard, we have a very interesting situation - Moldova is a parliamentary state, and no one has canceled this, but in the end it turned out that the parliament could be dissolved against the will of the majority. And we do not know exactly what the consequences will be in the future,” said the former chairman of the Constitutional Court. “Everyone is now triumphant, the social media are full of sheer euphoria that the parliament is finally being dissolved, but no one wants to look two steps ahead. What might the future parliament look like? What will happen if the future parliament is about the same, or what will the situation be in Moldova if we find ourselves tomorrow with a majority of 55 votes of one party, which, in fact, will dominate the political scene? How good is it to have one ruling party and not a coalition government? These are fundamental questions, but nobody cares about them,” Tanase added. On April 15, 2021, the Constitutional Court ruled that there were circumstances for the dissolution of the current parliament. The decision was based on the fact that two attempts to appoint a government had been exhausted. At the same time, there is a formalized parliamentary majority in parliament, ready to appoint its own cabinet. PSRM's leader Igor Dodon criticized the decision of the three judges of the Constitutional Court and said that it is similar “to the one that was adopted in 2019 by the pocket court of Plahotniuc,” and the answer could be the same.