A country where participation in elections is not mandatory, as in Moldova, the election threshold is not necessary, considers political analyst and executive director of the Public Policy Institute Arcadie Barbarosie, Info-Prim Neo reports. “There is no use setting a threshold if the people have the freedom to vote or not,” Arcadie Barbarosie said in a news conference. He believes that the issue of election threshold should have been discussed before the September 5, 2010 referendum, which was invalidated because of the poor voter turnout. The analyst is against amending the supreme law. “In 2000, the Constitution was amended to the detriment of Petru Lucinschi. Now they want to modify it in favor of the ruling alliance. But this is not a skirt that can be adjusted on season. It is the supreme law,” said Arcadie Barbarosie. Speaking about the constitutional referendum planned for spring, the analyst said the legislation bans holding a referendum on the same issue once in two years. “In order not to break to law, they will use another formula, but the essence remains the same. The April question will not coincide with the question of September 2010. The alliance will try not to break the Constitution. Our message is that you cannot play with the supreme law in order to resolve a problem,” said the analyst. In the same news conference, political analyst Igor Botan said he will not be surprised if the AEI formulates for the referendum such a question: “Statistics show that the countries with parliamentary regime live better. Do you want a parliamentary regime in Moldova?”. The two analysts called upon the ruling alliance to give up the idea of organizing a referendum, saying the political leaders will have a very good image if they say publicly that they decided not to hold the constitutional referendum, but to choose the head of state so as not to make the situation tenser. The AEI announced they will hold a referendum in April at the latest in order to improve the Constitution, bring the political crisis to an end and prevent blockages when the head of state cannot be elected.