Businessman Vlad Plahotniuc has announced that he returns to the post of first deputy chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova (PDM) and intends to directly become involved in the formation of a parliamentary majority. He made public his intentions on his Web site, IPN reports.
“Starting with today, I return to the party and will directly take part in the formation of a parliamentary majority that will ensure stable governance and I hope will be able to garner the votes needed to elect the head of state next March. My goal and the goal of the PDM is to take part in the formation of a majority that will ensure consistent political support for what the Republic of Moldova needs now: shock therapy that will take it out of the economic, social and political crisis,” stated the politician.
He noted that after a period of time during which he could follow the political developments in the country from a distance, he reached the conclusion that the political parties have been in a vicious circle for several years already and cannot identify ways out. “We have the same dominant crises of frustrations and vainglory and the same wild struggles for posts, but we do not have the most important thing: functional political mechanisms that would ensure a stable parliamentary majority and, implicitly, the stability of the future Government. Stability is what we have clearly missed since 2009. We went from elections to elections and this kept the political situation tense, while the Governments, instead of doing radical reforms, had to rather resist the political crises. Now again, instead of looking for solutions to form a stable political majority, they cannot reach a consensus as to what posts they should occupy. Why don’t we have a political majority so far? Because they look for Prime Ministers and heads of state instead of looking first for votes and long-term political solutions,” says Vlad Plahotniuc.
“The previous days, I had meetings with a number of officials representing the foreign partners, who came to discuss the political situation in our country, and with members of the diplomatic corps. They wanted to find out my opinion about the way in which we can ensure political stability and I’m glad that they are concerned about this key subject first of all. It’s no use talking about radical reforms and the shock therapy through which Moldova should go to overcome the crisis if we do not have at least one year of stability, without political wars and electoral campaigns ahead. I presented the solutions I consider appropriate and was asked why I do not become involved in implementing them, if there are such solutions. I promised then that I will become involved and the moment to do this came.”
According to Plahotniuc, the early legislative elections are the alternative of most of the parliamentary parties, but these elections will ultimately lead to the same negotiations between the winning parties. “If we are now unable to form a stable political majority, only the solution of early elections remains. The short-term improvisations can no longer be accepted in the situation in which the Republic of Moldova is now. The early elections will bring us to the same negotiating table, possibly in a different format, but with the country facing a more profound crisis,” said the first deputy chairman of the PDM.
