The geopolitical aspect does not have the same impact in the current election campaign as at the previous parliamentary elections because the context changed a lot, stated politologist Alexandru Solcan. According to him, an aspect that is discussed a lot appeared after the last legislative elections – the banking fraud, IPN reports.
The politologist anticipated that politics will be from now on profoundly marketized, which is the politicians will use politics based on the “political market”. The “political market” requires particular solutions and they come up with the supply, the “market” being the electorate. The anti-oligarchic struggle is used by many electoral contestants.
The banking fraud after the last parliamentary elections became a subject for discussion in the public sphere. “Even if the government stabilized the situation and achieved particular results in the economic sector and implemented a number of social projects, this anyway remains a campaign theme,” Alexandru Solcan stated in the talk show “Fabrika” on Publika TV channel.
According to him, the election campaign is the easiest for the current government. Particular economic growth based on social support was witnessed before the elections and the government affirms it will maintain this trend. “This is probably the easiest thing to do, but there is also the empty part of the glass. The current government is associated with the banking fraud and even if, as many experts say, the problems were overcome, particular sums of money weren’t recovered,” said Alexandru Solcan, adding this paves the way for populist promises.
“It is easy to be pragmatic when you are in power and have what to offer. It is harder when you are in the opposition, especially if you have never been in power. What can you offer then? You promise things that volens-nolens can be classed as populism. Who are able here to find that border, that red line that cannot be crossed?” asked political analyst Anatol Țăranu.
According to him, it will be difficult to the Moldovan voters to take a judicious decision given that the democratic political culture and tradition in Moldova is at an incipient stage. “From this viewpoint, I fear we will again make a mistake and can expect the most unpleasant surprises even if Moldovan society already accumulated particular experience in this regard,” stated the analyst.
Anatol Țăranul also said a considerable part of Moldovan society, the most active one, is not in the country. Not accidentally, most of the independent candidate compete in constituencies abroad.
