Victor Juc, director of the Institute for Legal, Political and Sociological Research, said the meeting between representatives of the Party of Socialists and the Bloc ACUM was neither a discussion, nor a negotiation. It was rather a presentation of positions based on their political options, the expert was quoted by IPN as saying in the talk show “Reply” on Prime TV channel.
“The logic of debates implies compromises and a dialogue on the part of both sides. But I haven’t met elsewhere such a practice when one side asks for everything by holding only one fourth of the seats of MP, while the other side is offered nothing even if this holds one third of seats,” stated Victor Juc, noting it wasn’t even expected that the discussions will produce results.
Political commentator Corneliu Ciurea said the PSRM and the Bloc ACUM haven’t reached the stage of negotiations. They had discussions to present their positions as both of the sides knew the conditions imposed by the other side. “I got the impression that it was rather an imitation of the negotiation process. The both avoid making a diabolic pact as it is an alliance against nature, as all the other alliances that could be formed are,” he stated.
Constitutional law expert Vitali Catană noted the representatives of the Bloc ACUM came unprepared to the meeting with the Socialists as, when they were asked about a government program, they said they will present it in several days. “This is a proof that these people know nothing about ideology as ideology means coherence, consistency and stability of behavior, not zigzag or contradictory messages,” he said.
Sociologist Ian Lisnevski said the discussions between the Socialists and the Bloc ACUM were a continuation of the electoral strategy as the Bloc left no room for negotiations in the campaign and now faces a situation when society demands that the parties should negotiate and should avoid snap elections. The representatives of ACUM presented proposals that the PSRM cannot accept, but some of these cannot be even adopted as they are against the law.
In the first ACUM-PSRM bilateral discussions last week, the Socialists said they do not support the idea of constituting a minority government, as suggested by ACUM, while the bills introduced by the Bloc cannot be voted without a parliamentary majority and without the Parliament’s executive bodies being elected. The PSRM does not want snap elections, but these could take place if a compromise is not reached with ACUM. On the other side, ACUM said the snap elections held under the mixed electoral system are a very dangerous way for Moldova. It noted a number of problems related to de-oligarchization can be solved by the current legislative body and not parliamentary majorities or coalitions are needed for the purpose, but political will.
