We already have four powerful messages, behavioral lines, electoral offers that are more or less distinctive and that will prevail in the election campaign, considers the executive director of the Association for Participatory Democracy Igor Botan. In an interview for Radio Free Europe, the analyst said the first message is pro-European. The second is pro-European, but includes an anti-oligarchic component. The third message is unionist, while the last is related to the Eurasian dimension, IPN reports.
According to Botan, the four powerful messages are more or less unmistakable, even if three of them overlap each other in parts. The pro-European message, which includes the restoration of the pro-European course and overcoming of the crisis, is promoted by the Democratic Party and the European People’s Party of Moldova. The pro-European message with a powerful anti-oligarchic component is promoted by the Party “Action and Solidarity” and the Party “Platform Dignity and Truth”. An anti-oligarchic component is also perceived in the positions of “Our Party” and the Party of Socialists.
The third message, which, according to Igor Botan, is very powerful, is the unionists’ message. “Mihai Ghimpu said the Republic of Moldova failed as an independent state and we must initiate Moldova’s union with Romania. Here we also have three parties that announced their candidates. These are Mister Ghimpu, of the Liberal Party, Missis Pavlichenko, of the National Liberal Party, and Ana Gutu, of The Right,” stated the analyst.
He noted that the Eurasian dimension includes the Party of Socialists and partially “Our Party”, which asserts that it yet pleads for the Republic of Moldova, but these parties also have anti-oligarchic message. The four camps have now practically the same number of nominated candidates. “We should not yet forget about the independent candidates who are rather on the pro-European segment of the right, at least most of them. It is their right and nobody can deprive them of this right. The curious side of the problem is if they manage to garner at least 15,000 signatures in their support at a time when a Moldovan citizen with the right to vote can sign only once and given the highly politicized atmosphere in the country,” stated Igor Botan.
He also said there are reasons to believe that the campaign will be marked by surprises and there will be a lot of dissatisfied persons. It is already evident that things are distorted in the mass media, in party funding and as regards the administrative sector. The people should plead for free and fair elections so that the best candidate, who is honest and does not buy votes, does not bribe and manipulate, wins them.
The presidential elections were set for October 30, 2016.
