The replacement of three judges at the Constitutional Court means, first of all, that the Democratic Party is sure they will not win a majority of seats in the parliamentary elections of February 24, 2019, stated President Igor Dodon. According to him, if the Democrats had been sure they will have a parliamentary majority, they wouldn’t have hurried with these appointments, IPN reports.

“I see that after February 24 they will most probably not have such a majority,” Igor Dodon stated in the talk show “Key issue” on NTV Moldova channel.

According to him, if the Democrats are in the opposition after February 24, they hope to have their agents in posts for the full term. “This is an incorrect opinion,” said President Dodon, adding that if another parliamentary majority is formed, the appointed persons will have to resign in several months. The given appointments are not correct in relation to the citizens of the Republic of Moldova.

Igor Dodon noted the government realizes the probability of having early parliamentary elections in the second half of next year if a parliamentary majority is not formed after the elections of next February.

In the December 14 sitting of Parliament, Democratic MPs Raisa Apolskii and Artur Reshetnikov and former prosecutor general Corneliu Gurin took an oath of office as judges of the Constitutional Court. Raisa Apolskii was proposed for constitutional judge by Parliament, Artur Reshetnikov by the Government, while Corneliu Gurin by the Superior Council of Magistracy.