The recommendations of the Venice Commission about the introduction of the mixed-member electoral system in the Republic of Moldova were taken into account, except for the point concerning the broad consensus, political analyst Corneliu Ciurea stated in the program “Fabrika” on Publika TV channel, quoted by IPN.
According to the analyst, consensus in a society like the Republic of Moldova is not possible. “All the recommendations of the Venice Commission were taken account of. Solutions were found to the problem of formation of constituencies, including in the ATU Gagauzia and the Transnistrian region, to stimulate the participation of women and to clarify the allocation of funds for participation in campaign,” stated Corneliu Ciurea.
Director of the Resource Center for Human Rights (CREDO) Sergiu Ostaf said the institution he heads compiled a report on how a functional electoral system should look like. “The current system does not produce the effects we wanted 25 years ago and we thus suggested several alternative solutions. Our solution was different from the one implemented at present. We also pleaded for a mixed-member system, but a comprehensive one,” stated Sergiu Ostaf.
Vice director of the Institute of Legal and Political Research of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova Victor Juc said the debates on the bill were good, but the authorities didn’t take into account many of the formulated proposals. “I don’t think they managed to obtain an optimal text and such a text cannot be obtained given the difficulties typical of the mixed member system that is to be applied in Moldova,” he stated.
According to media analyst Cristian Tabara, debates on the bill to change the electoral system should have been held regardless of the requirements of the West so as to know what Moldovan society wants and how the political class and other categories of society react to a possible change.
