Politicians lie when they say they are not interested in posts, political analysts

Politologist Mihai Cernencu considers the Moldovan politicians devalued the notions “principle”, “value”, and “national interest” as they use them more often when they carry out negotiations between them. “The politicians resort to actions that bring them advantages and the voters do not punish them much for this. The people should be more attentive to the situations when the politicians say the state interests are above all the other interests, but it turns out that the posts are more important to them,” Mihai Cernencu stated for Info-Prim Neo. On the other hand, the politologist believes that such behavior of the political class is natural as if they tell the people what they negotiate between parties or inform them about possible mergers, the voters may become muddled, especially before the election campaign. “The political culture in Moldova is at a very low level. It is cultivated by the politicians and political institutions of the state, which should be a model. But the people are confused as the politicians state something, but decide something else, “ said Mihai Cernencu. Earlier, political analyst Viorel Cibotaru commented for Info-Prim Neo on the situation when the politicians say they are not interested in posts, but prove the opposite over time. Viorel Cibotaru said that former AMN leader Serafim Urecheanu’s intention to hide the fact that he asked for a post from the PLDM was wicked as this became evident when he was nominated for the post of president of the Audit Office. The analyst believes that the leader of the PLDM Vlad Filat as well as Serafim Urecheanu should have mentioned subtly that they discussed the position distribution issue. According to him, the insincerity of the politicians in this and other similar cases derives from the fact that the negotiation of posts is considered something shameful. In normal political conditions, the posts represent instruments of control on the power, with the power being the goal of the political struggle. This insincerity creates a vacuum of information needed by the press and society and causes rumors that hit the insincere politicians as well. Viorel Cibotaru does not rule out that the decision to field the ex-leader of the Moldova Noastra Alliance for president of the Audit Office was a last-minute one. He said that in the Moldovan political culture certain situations are not negotiated by the chiefs, but by intermediaries or persons close to the leaders. “When the intermediaries reach an agreement, the leaders of the parties only sign the papers, giving their consent. “Urecheanu may have discussed with intermediaries, not Vlad Filat, and he accepted their proposal,” the analyst said. He presumes that the decision to give Serafim Urecheanu the mentioned post could have been also discussed with the leaders of the other parties of the ruling alliance so as to have their support in Parliament. In mid March, Serafim Urecheanu and Vlad Filat announce that the AMN will merge with the PLDM. The merger by absorption was accepted in the congresses of the two parties on April 9 and, respectively, April 10. Asked by the journalists if they negotiate posts, the two leaders said the national interests are more important to them than the posts. On April 15, the PLDM proposed Serafim Urecheanu for the post of president of the Audit Office. The proposal was not put to the vote in Parliament as the quorum was not present. Ex-leader of the European Action Movement Veaceslav Untila, in a program on Radio Moldova, also denied that he asked for posts when they negotiated the merger with the Liberal Party. “We did not discuss this issue. The voters should know that there are parties that put the national interests above the personal ones,” Veaceslav Untila said, replying to the assertion that he may be given an important post, even of head of an institution dealing with national security, made in the same program, Info-Prim Neo reports.