AEI leaders are inclined to elect head of state despite their will, analyst

All the leaders of the Alliance for European Integration (AEI) until now did not want very much to elect the President, but the prospect of early elections makes them to act against their will. Marian Lupu preferred to disseminate the idea that he will manage to occupy the post of head of state. Mihai Ghimpu would have supported him, but Vlad Filat did not want to see Lupu elected as President, political analyst Viorel Cibotaru has told Info-Prim Neo. ”There were at least three causes why the head of state wasn’t elected. But there was always the scaring prospect of early parliamentary elections. Now they will try to gain advantages from a situation that they do not really like,” said Viorel Cibotaru. He also said the fact that the date of presidential elections could not be fixed in Parliament in the first sitting of the spring-summer session is not a minor one. “The essential decision counts in fact – all the parties of the alliance and the group of Igor Dodon as well as Mihai Godea want to vote in the head of state. Ghimpu’s decision is probably dictated by his wish to get a certain bonus, as one of the leaders of the ruling alliance asserted,” said Cibotaru. He also said that there are now no criteria for choosing a candidate for the presidency that will suit all the sides, or there is no candidate who can be ‘tailored’ to the MPs’ requirements. ”The lawmakers should either set the criteria they want and look for persons who meet them, or field more than one candidates and then analyze their qualities. I suspect that for Ghimpu is not clear what approach will be used – he will be proposed a candidate whom he will have to accept or there will be suggested a list of criteria that he could use to put forward a candidate himself,” said Viorel Cibotaru. The analyst stressed the Moldovan politicians showed that they know to plan something, but can also adjust themselves to the situation. In the Parliament’s plenary sitting on February 16, Marian Lupu suggested scheduling the presidential elections for March 15. The Liberal lawmakers asked returning to the issue again in a week and left the assembly hall. As the quorum was not present, the date of presidential elections could not be set.