Moldova’s governing Alliance for European Integration recommends Acting President Mihai Ghimpu to set an early parliamentary election date for November 21. However, Ghimpu has never been that easily yielding, and now, too, he is habitually packing his de-facto surrender into an air of independence and significance.
He stated to the press after an AEI meeting on Wednesday night that although the coalition had recognized November 21 as the best time for the elections, “the situation in the republic is so complicated that any problem may arise all of a sudden, so the authority to appoint an election date remains with president”.
To make it totally clear, Ghimpu added, “By the Constitution, it’s me who takes decisions. If there appear serious reasons for adjourning the elections for a week or two, we will see what is what”.
In his words, the election campaign time shall not be reduced to 30 days from the law-stipulated 60 days, as the Liberal Democratic Party is proposing, because all parliamentary and extra-parliamentary parties must have time enough for holding meetings with voters and for normal canvassing.
However, Moldova Noastra Alliance leader Serafim Urechean presumes the elections should he held later than November because “we must first and foremost adopt State Budget for 2011 and urgent laws pertaining to the population’s vital needs, and only then to focus on the elections. I guess we can well hold the polls at the end of the year”.