Moldova 2009: Nach der Wahl ist vor der Wahl
Moldova 2009: After the Elections new Elections are Imminent

Summary/Abstract: At the regular parliamentary elections in Moldova held on 5 April 2009, the ruling Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) scored 49,48 % of the votes enabling them to form the government. However, the PCRM did not achieve the number of parliamentary seats needed to elect a new president. The three liberal parties elected to parliament refused to acknowledge the election results due to irregularities both before and during the electoral process. Massive popular protests taking place on 7 April 2009 degenerated into acts of violence and vandalism when small groups of agents provocateurs stormed the buildings of the Presidency and the Parliament, planting EU and Romanian flags on the rooftops. The Moldovan police used excessive force to repress the demonstrations causing the death of three persons. President Voronin accused the liberal opposition of having attempted a coup d’état against the legal Moldovan authorities and brandished Romania for having fomented unrest. The opposition parties adamantly refused twice to provide the Communists with the only “golden vote” needed for the election of their presidential candidate. As a result, a new round of early parliamentary elections was called for 29 July 2009. – On the eve of the early elections, the configuration of political parties in Moldova is changing owing mainly to the defection of technocrat Marian Lupu from the Party of Communists and his joining the (Social-)Democratic Party.

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