“Voronin and Tkachuk can teach lessons about how to lose power,” Dmitri Chubashenko

[The Republic of Moldova at an intersection of years – Info-Prim Neo survey] “Vladimir Voronin and Marc Tkachuk can now give lectures on the topic “How to lose power with 60 of the 101 seats of MP,” said political analyst Dmitri Chubashenko. “The Communists Party, which acted according to the principle “everything or nothing”, suffered a defeat. They lost any chance of returning to power and govern in the same way as they did during eight years. The Communists' stubbornness and foolish 'principledness' played a trick on them,” Chubashenko told Info-Prim Neo. According to him, Moldova ended 2009 as an entirely different country. The removal of the Voronin regime was the major event of the year. “Few historical data remain in the people's historical memory. Undoubtedly, the date of April 7, 2009 will be alongside the date of August 27, 1991 in the history textbooks. 2009 saw more dramatic events than the previous eight years taken together: two campaigns for the parliamentary elections, four attempts to elect the head of state, protest rallies, destruction of two major state buildings – the Presidential Office and the Parliament, arrests, cases of torture, protesters' death, coming of the democratic coalition to power,” the analyst said. According to him, during four months while in power, the Alliance for European Integration managed to do a lot of things – the relations with the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and Romania have been reestablished, the state budget for 2009 was adjusted, the state budget for 2010 was adopted, an accord was reached to open talks over a new agreement between Moldova and the EU, the IMF will provide about US$600 million to Moldova, while the U.S. Government – US$262 million. “2010 will also be difficult and tense, but there will be a peaceful and democratic atmosphere. The new Government will work until the new elections in which the members of the Alliance will be opponents. The Liberal Democratic Party headed by Vlad Filat is an incontestable center-right leader. The Liberal Party headed by Moldova's Acting President Mihai Ghimpu also has chances of entering the Parliament. The intrigue surrounds the center-left. Marian Lupu's Democratic Party will try to attract the Communist voters on its side, as the MPs who left the Communists Party, businessman Nicolai Chernyi and possibly Valeriu Pasat will also do,” Chubashenko said. Dmitri Chubashenko also said that the parliamentary elections must take place after the constitutional reform. “How and when it will happen it is not clear. It is said that things on the political arena will become clearer after the winter holidays, closer to spring,” the analyst said, quoted by Info-Prim Neo.