The leader of the political project “Action and Solidarity Party” (PAS) Maia Sandu considers the decision by the Central Election Commission (CEC) to reject the proposal to hold a referendum is an additional proof of the antidemocratic character of the current government. She described the CEC’s decision as serious defiance of the people’s will, IPN reports.
“When the current legislature and all the public institutions controlled by this no longer represent us and the government robs us, the referendum is the only instrument of direct democracy. I wonder what happens if we tell them that from now on Parliament can take decisions by at least 150 votes. This way we will swiftly approach early parliamentary elections,” Maia Sandu wrote on a social networking site.
In a meeting on March 30, the CEC rejected the proposal of the initiative group set up by the Platform “Dignity and Truth” to hold a constitutional referendum by a majority of votes. The Commission’s president Iurie Ciocan argued that the signatures collected by the group members do not meet the validity conditions.
