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At the same time, both Maia Sandu and Igor Dodon, both with the two largest parties, PAS and PSRM, have also stated countless times that they are advocating for early elections and that one of the tools that would lead to early elections is the resignation of the government and the failure of the new government.
Maia Sandu announced that, starting Monday, she will convene consultations with the parliamentary parties, after the Republic of Moldova was left without a government.
As soon as she was appointed, Maia Sandu had a meeting with Acting Prime Minister Ion Chicu. Although the law allows Ion Chicu to hold the interim position until the new Cabinet of Ministers takes office, he announced to Maia Sandu that he intends to hold the interim position only until December 31. On the other hand, Ion Chicu communicated that with him, on December 31, three other ministers will definitively leave the Government, without securing the interim position: the Minister of Health, Viorica Dumbrăveanu, the Minister of Finance, the Deputy Prime Minister Sergiu Puşcuţa, and the Minister of Economy, Anatol. Usatii.
Here things start to get complicated for Maia Sandu
In the midst of an economic crisis and in the midst of a pandemic, Maia Sandu may find herself in a government loyal to Igor Dodon, whose plans are still unknown. On the other hand, the fact that Prime Minister Ion Chicu announced his resignation at a press conference attended by Igor Dodon, raises suspicions that Igor Dodon is doing something, especially after the resignation of the Government and after Maia. Sandu was sworn in, Igor Dodon paid another visit to Moscow.
According to the Government law, article 23, in case the prime minister cannot exercise the interim position, as in the case of Prime Minister Ion Chicu, who announced that he will provide the interim until December 31, the President of the Republic of Moldova, within 5 days, appoint another member of the Government as Acting Prime Minister until the formation of the new Government.
The law also says that, until the appointment of the interim prime minister, his functions are exercised by the first deputy prime minister, in the absence of the first deputy prime minister, by the oldest deputy prime minister and in the absence of the deputy prime ministers. – by the oldest minister. In the current situation, until Maia Sandu appoints an interim Prime Minister from among the members of the Government, that is, until January 5, the interim position of Prime Minister will be held by the Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration, Olga Cebotari, a young woman. 26 years old. professional experience and also holds citizenship of the Russian Federation. If she rejects this position, then the oldest minister has it, that is, Defense Minister Victor Gaiciuc, a former adviser to President Igor Dodon.
By January 5, Maia Sandu must appoint an interim prime minister. What options for the head of government does the president of the country have in the situation created?
The cabinet is made up of 11 members, four of whom have announced their permanent resignation on December 31, and one, Irina Vlah, is not a minister to be appointed prime minister. So Maia Sandu only has to appoint one prime minister from the remaining six ministers who are close and loyal to Igor Dodon.
The timer will start on December 31 and, until January 5, Maia Sandu has the following options for the post of interim prime minister: Olga Cebotari, Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration; Victor Gaiciuc, Minister of Defense; Lilia Pogolşa – Minister of Education; Aurel Ciocoi – Minister of Foreign Affairs; Pavel Voicu, Minister of the Interior; Fadei Nagacevschi – Minister of Justice.
The interim prime minister will exercise his powers until the new government takes office.
When can the new Cabinet of Ministers be appointed. When and how early elections can be challenged
Lawyer Ion Dron, on his Facebook show, explained the legal scenarios through which parliamentary elections can be provoked, which all parliamentary parties say they want, but which in reality may not be the case.
Referring to Article 85 of the Constitution, which stipulates that (1) In case of impossibility of forming a government or blocking the process of adopting laws for 3 months, the President of the Republic of Moldova, after consulting the parliamentary factions, may dissolve Parliament, Ion Dron concluded. that the current Parliament can be dissolved as of March 24.
However, the lawyer stressed that Parliament can be dissolved even before March 24, in accordance with article 85 of the Constitution, paragraph (2) Parliament can be dissolved, if it has not accepted the vote of confidence for the formation of the Government, within 45 days. days from the first request and only after the rejection of at least two investment requests.
Ion Dron mentions that, according to the decision of the Constitutional Court in this regard, Maia Sandu is obliged within a period of 15 days to nominate a candidate for Prime Minister, that is, until January 7, and if this attempt fails, then Maia Sandu has another 45 days to nominate another candidate for prime minister. Therefore, before February 21, Maia Sandu must nominate another candidate for the post of prime minister, and if this time also Parliament does not grant a vote of confidence, Parliament can be dissolved.
According to article 83 of the Electoral Code, early elections cannot be held earlier than 60 days from the date of dissolution of Parliament and no later than three months from the date of dissolution of Parliament. In other words, the shortest deadline for holding early parliamentary elections would be late April, early May.
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Ion Dron declared that “the president of the Republic of Moldova is not a czar and a sultan and he cannot do what he wants, he does everything the Parliament tells him.”
The lawyer’s statement was made in the context in which the Constitution obliges Maia Sandu to nominate for the post of Prime Minister the candidate proposed by an official parliamentary majority, and if it does not exist, only then Maia Sandu is obliged to appoint the first Minister. – ministers to his own candidate, but whose fate still depends on the vote of Parliament.
Although all the parliamentary parties affirm that they want early parliamentary elections, Ion Dron does not rule out that Igor Dodon and Ilan Şor, who control the majority of deputies, may move to another stage before provoking the early ones.
For example, says Ion Dron, Igor Dodon could be appointed prime minister by a parliamentary majority. In such a case, Maia Sandu cannot reject Parliament’s proposal, and if she refuses, a possible referral to the Constitutional Court on this issue will cause the High Court to suspend Maia Sandu from office, and the decree appointing the candidate, By example, Igor Dodon as prime minister will be signed by the speaker of parliament.
However, Igor Dodon is unlikely to accept such a scenario as the country faces an economic crisis and pandemic. But another scenario anticipated by attorney Ion Dron appears to be much more feasible.
Ion Dron admits that there will be no parliamentary majority to nominate a candidate for prime minister. In that case, the ball is in the court of the country’s president, who must nominate the prime minister.
In the opinion of Ion Dron, Maia Sandu, being obliged by the Constitution to nominate a candidate for prime minister in this situation, will nominate him, but with the hope that he will not receive the vote of confidence from Parliament and early parliamentary elections will be provoked, as apparently all the political forces in Parliament want and as announced by PAS deputy Igor Grosu, according to which, Maia Sandu’s party does not intend to invest a new government, but will provoke anticipations.
Only, according to Dron, a big surprise could appear here: Maia Sandu nominates a candidate for prime minister, with no hope that he will be supported by Parliament, but the party of Igor Dodon and Ilan Şor vote for him. As a result, it is mentioned that Maia Sandu has a government controlled by her, but that it does not have the support of Parliament (except the vote for the investiture).
“In the end, Dodon and Şor could have a government that is opposite Maia Sandu, but this government can work as much as Dodon and Şor want, because they can present a vote of no confidence to them at any time. Therefore, they retain this government for about 3-4 months, then withdraw it and go to the polls in the fall. Here is the option when the elections cannot be held in April, May or June, “said Dron.
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