The government will propose proportional legislative solutions closer to the Venice Commission’s recommendations, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Mihai Popșoi stated after the Constitutional Court allowed representatives of the former Shor Party to stand for election. The official said that as a matter of urgency, Parliament will adopt legislative solutions that will prevent representatives of the Kremlin from destabilizing the situation in the country, IPN reports.
On Tuesday, the Constitutional Court ruled that the Election Code provision that bans particular members of the outlawed Shor Party from running in elections was unconstitutional. As a result, members of the former Shor Party will be able to contend in the local elections of this November and in other elections. Representatives of the government said the PAS majority will swiftly come up with legislative solutions.
“We hoped the Constitutional Court judges will accept the implementation of their own decision by which the Shor Party was declared unconstitutional. We will propose new legislative remedies so as to make sure that all those who violated the rights of all the citizens by sabotaging the rule of law and staging diversionary activities and who were classed by the Prosecutor General’s Office as an organized criminal group are prevented from doing this. We will come up with legislative solutions so as to protect the citizens of the Republic of Moldova from the hybrid efforts coordinated by the Kremlin. Our main lever is the legislative one and the executive authorities and the law enforcement agencies will have to put the Parliament’s decision into practice. It will be a more proportional remedy, closer to the recommendations of the Venice Commission,” Mihai Popșoi stated in the program “Résumé” on RliveTV channel.
The ex-chairman of the Central Election Commission Iurie Ciocan said the CC’s decision is judicious, noting the members of a political party cannot be penalized for the illegalities committed by the party’s leaders.
“A political party that is financed not in accordance with the law cannot be classed as a healthy party. But illegal financing is accepted by a particular person as not a congress of 1,000 or 2,000 people was convened to decide to accept the illegal funds or to share out the money. Even if those who apply to be registered as election contenders include persons who are suspected of political corruption, of illegal party funding or voter corruption, these deeds need to be proven. From my viewpoint, the PAS government acts in an alert regime and treats everyone as lawbreakers, saying things will be clarified later as the PAS needs to solve the problem today and all these individuals should not come to power somewhere,” stated Iurie Ciocan.
Under the law, the Constitutional Court’s decision is definitive, takes effect when it is published and cannot be challenged somehow.
