The bill on the mixed-member electoral system is a bargain struck by the chairman of the Democratic Party Vlad Plahotniuc and President Igor Dodon for keeping power after the next legislative elections, leader of the Party “Action and Solidarity” (PAS) Maia Sandu stated in the program “Moldova live” on the public TV channel Moldova 1, IPN reports.

“Plahotniuc helped Dodon to become President and it is now Dodon’s turn to help Plahotniuc. Polls show the PDM would gain at most 4% in the parliamentary elections. That’s why they planned to change the electoral system and to make the election rigging possible,” stated Maia Sandu.

Speaking about her meeting with experts of the Venice Commission in Chisinau, the PAS leader said these put her a number of questions about the political situation, party funding, context of the electoral system and the state of play in the Republic of Moldova. “They realized how things stand in our country and weren’t delighted at all,” she stated.
 
In the same program, constitutional law expert Vitali Catana said the Venice Commission experts are to assess the democratic character of the bill on the modification of the electoral system and to determine if its provisions meet the European norms.