Democratic MP Adrian Candu, one of the authors of the bill concerning the joint electoral system, said that there are enough votes for abrogating the law. He said that the PLDM and PCRM reached an agreement in this respect, IPN reports.
“The PLDM and PCRM agreed to abrogate the joint system. All the efforts made to bring the people closer to the politicians will be nullified. This is revenge,” Adrian Candu said after the April 29 public meeting of the special commission for examining the impact of the joint electoral system.
The commission’s head, Lib-Dem Tudor Deliu said that a report based on the questioning held within the meeting will be produced by April 30 and will be sent to all the members of the commission. After they state their opinions, the draft decision will be submitted to Parliament.
In the meeting, a number of representatives of the state said that the lack of uninominal constituencies in the Transnistrian region and abroad is the main shortcoming of the new law. The head of the Bureau for Relations with the Diaspora Victor Lutenko said that the Diaspora’s rights are infringed and that there should be created uninominal constituencies abroad, not only national ones.
The head of the Reintegration Office George Balan said the institution he heads wasn’t consulted when the bill was drafted. “The people in Transnistrian ask why they are discriminated. Solutions should be found in this respect,” he stated.
Central Election Commission chairman Iurie Ciocan said the electoral authority didn’t examine the opportunity of the law, only its procedural aspect. The Commission initiated the creation of a working group to define the procedure for implementing the law. It was established that the new electoral system will require by about 50% more money than the old one.
The bill on the institution of the joint electoral system was adopted on April 19. Under the law, half of the MPs will be elected according to party lists, while the other half based on uninominal constituencies.
