”I saw that you turned down our proposal to have a dialogue. No one invited you to form a coalition, Miss Maia Sandu. The message was different: don’t form alliances with bandits. Let’s take a decision of principle,” said President Igor Dodon, who is the informal leader of the Party of Socialists. According to him, as practically everyone wants snap parliamentary election, they should discuss a “roadmap” so as to agree the steps toward snap elections, if the Constitutional Court says that these cannot be held simultaneously with the presidential elections, IPN reports.
In the program “President Responds”, Igor Dodon said it’s clear that all the attacks and films that appeared lately are all elements of a political struggle given that the former leader of the PDM Vlad Plahotniuc had to leave the country and all kinds of protests mounted by Renato Usatyi, Marina Tauber and also Maia Sandu show that they adjust themselves to Plahotniuc’s agenda. “They say they struggle against him, but actually do what he tells them.”
He stated that if the PAS took such a decision, they should make it public so that everyone knows it. “No one invites you to form a collation. We saw last year what you can do. Let’s dissolve Parliament and have snap parliamentary elections so that the people could give grades to us,” said President Dodon, noting the PDM and the PSRM are ready for snap elections, while Andrei Năstase, who wants to name a new Government at any cost, and Andrian Candu and those from the Shor Party, who realize that they will not enter Parliament, do not want such elections.
As to Plahotniuc’s extradition from the U.S., Igor Dodon said this can happen only by the decision of the U.S. authorities. Moldova has no agreement to this effect with the United States. “I hope the American partners will realize how important this is. Either we have an agreement or not, a legal reason should be found to extradite Plahotniuc. If the U.S. authorities will not want to, we will understand, but the people will not understand why a wanted person is protected there,” noted the official.
