If parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, 28.5% of the respondents wound not know who to vote for, shows an opinion poll presented by the Center for Sociological Research of Moldova in a news conference at IPN. The research covered a sample of 1,100 persons and was carried out between May 26 and June 10.
The Center’s head Sergiu Raevschi said that 26.2% of those surveyed intend to vote for the Communist Party (PCRM). The following parties would enter Parliament: the Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM) with 17.1% of the poll, the Democratic Party (PDM) with 9.9%, the Liberal Party (PL) with 7.2%. The Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) would gain 4.2% of the vote, the Movement “Antimafie” -1.7%, the Party of Socialists (PSRM) – 1.3% and would thus not enter the legislative body.
37% of those polled said they have the greatest confidence in Prime Minister Iurie Leanca. Mayor of Chisinau Dorin Chirtoaca is trusted by as many respondents. The leader of the PDM Marian Lupu is trusted by 25% of those surveyed, Head of Parliament Igor Corman by 23%, chairman of the PCRM Vladimir Voronin by 22%, leader of the PLDM Vlad Filat by 21%, President Nicolae Timofti by 21%; businessman Ion Sturza by 18%, while head of the PLR Ion Hadarca by 18%.
Economic expert Dumitru Stratan said that 46% of those polled want Moldova to join the EU, 32% want the country to become part of the Customs Union, while 22% are undecided. Asked if Moldova should join NATO, 48% answered negatively, 43% answered affirmatively, while 9% didn’t know.
39% of the respondents consider that Moldova follows a wrong path, 31% said things in Moldova go right, while 30% could not say. For 24% of those polled, poverty is the main problem. 17% are concerned about the lack of workplaces, 16% about corruption, while 14% about the prices of food products. The others are concerned about the prices of public utilities and of education and medical services, bureaucracy, infrastructure, etc.
The respondents were also asked who they want to become President of Moldova. 34% said they want the post of head of state to be held by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, 28% by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, 13% by the President of Belarus Alexandr Lucashenko, 11% by Romanian President Traian Basescu, 11% by U.S. President Barak Obama, while 1% by British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Asked if they agree with the Constitutional Court’s decision concerning the Romanian language, 16% of those surveyed said they agree, 38% said they don’t care, while 37% said the official language must be Moldovan.
As to the ethic identity, 38% of the respondents said they are Moldovans and speak Moldovan, 34% are Moldovans, but speak Romanian, 11% are Romanians and speak Romanian, 7% are Moldovans and speak Russian, 4% are Russians and speak Russia, while 2% are Russians and speak Moldovan
The survey was conducted by 25 young volunteers in 57 settlements. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3%. The Center for Sociological Research of Moldova is a nongovernmental organization founded in 2010.
