The future President of Moldova, who will be elected this autumn, will have to play the role of mediator between the state powers. This is the role of the President in a parliamentary republic. Most of the powers of the President must be fulfilled in cooperation with other powers of the state, either the Government, Parliament or the judiciary, the deputy chairman of the Democratic Party (PDM) Sergiu Sarbu said in the public debate “Specific traits of presidential elections 2016: vision of parliamentary parties” of the series “What kind of President is society looking for? What society does the President need?”, held by IPN News Agency.
According to Sergiu Sarbu, Moldova needs a President who would support the government’s stability, the development course of Moldova towards the European integration. “We need a President who would cooperate with the Government, Parliament and other authorities. If some of the candidates think that the President of Moldova has other powers and will be able to do everything without Parliament, the Government and the judiciary and to build his/her own political agenda, they are wrong. If someone tries to do this, it will be a violation and defiance of the supreme law,” stated the MP.
He also said that if a Head of State who will be in opposition to the parliamentary alliance and the Government is elected, there will be a permanent institutional conflict. If the President is supported by the Government and Parliament and woks in unison with these institutions, he/she will have the necessary power and will solve the people’s problems.
Sergiu Sarbu considers the people are disappointed by the whole political class of Moldova and this should be reformed. “If we take into account the people’s wish to have a person like Stephan the Great or Vlad Tepes as President, we should thus not elect the President, but should modify the form of government in Moldova and should institute monarchy, for example,” stated the MP.
According to the deputy chairman of the PDM, at this year’s presidential elections all the candidates for President have equal participation conditions. No difference is made between the party candidates and the independent candidates. “All must collect signatures and must have initiative groups of 25 to 100 persons,” he noted.
Sergiu Sarbu said the presidential elections will be monitored by thousands of national and international observers. Furthermore, each candidate will have observers at all the polling places, the electoral councils of the second level and at the Central Election Commission.
The September 21 public debate is the 60th installment of the series of debates “Developing political culture by public debates” that are organized by IPN with the assistance of the German foundation “Hanns Seidel”.
