Some experts consider that the Constitutions Court is politically biased, while others believe that the Court was right when it rejected the initiative concerning the holding of a referendum simultaneously with the parliamentary elections on November 30, which was put forward by two parties of the government coalition. The issue was discussed in the program “Politics” on TV7 channel, IPN reports.
Political analyst Oazu Nantoi dopes not believe that the Constitutions Court is politically biased, but thinks that it was opportune to hold the referendum simultaneously with the parliamentary elections. “I consider such a referendum can mobilize the voters. As to the election of the head of state, I think we will again face a crisis on March 16, 2016 owing to the irresponsibility of politicians,” he stated.
Constitutional law expert Vitalie Catana considers the Constitutions Court is politically biased, though he agrees with its verdict. “I would personally vote against this initiative as this thing should have been done in a different way. The authors of this initiative should have consulted the other parties of the coalition. The politicians should begin to do real work so as to satisfy the people’s wish to elect the President directly,” he stated.
The leader of the Centrist Union of Moldova Mihai Petrache, adviser to ex-President Petru Lucinschi, believes that the Constitutional Court gave a negative appraisal of the initiative because this initiative wasn’t supported by the Democratic Party. “The authors of the initiative do not understand the constitutional norms. At the same time, the initiative meets the principles for amending the Constitution, but the Constitutional Court resorts to free interpretations and sets precedents. I think that if the referendum is held after November 30, there will be caused chaos,” he stated.
The head of ITAR-TASS Office in Moldova Valerii Demidetski considers the Constitutional Court’s decision was correct. “There were other initiatives to hold a referendum and what was achieved? If we stage a plebiscite, conflict situations can again appear between the main branches of the power,” he said.
