Dodon: After the Elections, Constitutional Reform Should Be Carried Out

PSRM chairman and candidate, Igor Dodon, believes that after the elections it is necessary to carry out a constitutional reform. He spoke about this on Friday on the air of his program Preşedintele răspunde, which he posts weekly on social networks, infotag.md reports. Dodon is "firmly convinced" of the need to amend the Constitution on several points. The first is "to prohibit the possibility of having a second citizenship for the country's leadership (although one third of the socialist deputies have Romanian citizenship, Prime Minister Ion Chicu has Romanian citizenship, and in February 2021 Marianna Durlesteanu nominated by PSRM for the post of Prime Minister, also has Romanian citizenship - "I."). "The second is to clarify the powers and competences of the Constitutional Court. What has been happening over the past ten years is wrong, when the parliament, elected by citizens, adopts laws, and the Constitutional Court revises or repeals them. This should be changed," Dodon said. Thirdly, according to him, it is necessary to return to the issue of the deputy's status - "to reduce the number of deputies and prohibit them from moving from one faction to another" (Dodon himself, together with two more deputies, left the PCRM faction in 2011, creating the PSRM faction -" I."). "A deputy enters parliament in one party and must remain in it -  if not, he should leave parliament," the Socialist leader stressed. Fourth, "to eliminate the conflict of interest between the president, parliament and government." "All the major political crises in Moldova were caused by this conflict of interests. And we need to finally clarify whether we are a parliamentary or presidential republic," Dodon said. Also, according to him, the Constitution "should clearly stipulate that parties advocating the elimination of the state - unification with Romania or Russia - should be banned."