Independent MPs Ion Groza, Alexandr Oleinic and Viorel Melnic requested the Constitutional Court to pronounce if Parliament can modify the electoral system at intervals shorter than a full mandate of the legislature and if snap parliamentary elections can be held based on another electoral system than the one used in the ordinary legislative elections. The three MPs asked the Court to examine the application as a matter of urgency, IPN reports, with reference to the Parliament’s press service.

The MP consider the modification of the electoral system for holding snap elections that are convenient only for some of the political players is a very serious violation of the rule of law principles, the free and democratic conduct of elections and the recommendations of international institutions. They firmly disapprove of the attempts made by some of the parliamentary parties to induce snap elections owing to their inability to have a dialogue and to respect the will of the voters who elected them to Parliament to work, not to block the legislative body’s activity.

According to the three MPs, it is inadmissible for the Republic of Moldova to be now thrown into a political, social and economic crisis only because a group of MPs want new elections as they are disappointed with the result obtained on February 24. Any party has the right to propose changing the electoral system, but this should be done in accordance with the Constitution and the good practices concerning the organization of democratic elections.