Communists preserve solid electoral nucleus and AEI should be concerned, analyst

The Communists maintain the solid electoral nucleus and this makes them to be relatively calm about their score in the legislative elections. The Alliance for European Integration (AEI) should be concerned as it did not manage to destroy this nucleus, political analyst Anatol Taranu said in the program “Fabrika” on Publica TV channel, commenting on the results of the Public Opinion Barometer, Info-Prim Neo reports. “I consider that nothing dramatic happened. The fluctuations are within the limits of possibility and normality. From this viewpoint, the ruling alliance should be worried as it did not manage to create a wide hole and destroy this solid nucleus of the Communists. The alliance practically did not improve its popularity with the voters,” stated Anatol Taranu. According to the analyst, the AEI does not manage to emerge victorious in the polemics and confrontations with the PCRM on the main political themes and the poll showed again that the Moldovan society is deeply divided. “This solid nucleus that votes for the Communist Party consists of a certain electoral segment that is very perceptible. It is composed of national minorities and poor people living in villages and this shows that the ruling alliance is unable to formulate attractive programs for certain social groups,” said Anatol Taranu. He also said that the AEI is preoccupied more with an internal battle rather than with the acute problems confronting Moldova. “Until the Communists remain so influential, Moldova will face the danger of having its geopolitical vector changed,” he stressed. According to the Public Opinion Barometer released on May 15, if early legislative elections were held, the political structure of the future Parliament would not change much.39% of those sampled would vote for the Communist Party, up 2% compared with the previous poll. The Liberal Democratic Party would gain 28% of the vote, down 1%, the Liberal Party – 18%, while the Democratic Party – 12%, down 4%