The Venice Commission’s recommendations concerning the mixed-member electoral system should be taken into consideration to improve the law, said experts invited to the program “Fabrika” on Publika TV channel, IPN reports.

Iurie Ciocan, ex-president of the Central Election Commission (CEC), said he is satisfied with the fact that the Venice Commission experts recommended transferring a part of the duties of the CEC to Parliament. “No state went to the Venice Commission to be praised. They wanted the shortcomings to be pointed out to them. All the recommendations formulated by the Venice Commission experts should be taken into account to improve the law. I’m glad that it was recommended transferring a part of the duties of the CEC to Parliament,” stated Ciocan.

Teodor Carnat, a member of the Superior Council of Magistracy, noted that from legal viewpoint, the Venice Commission’s opinion shows what the Parliament of Moldova should do to improve the draft law on the mixed-member electoral system. “Article 15, which is a critical one, refers to the fact that no broad consensus was achieved,” he said.

Analyst Corneliu Ciurea stated that a number of EU member states have abandoned the proportional voting system. “Though it is a basic paradigm for the EU states, the proportional system hasn’t always produced the expected results. Therefore, a number of states started to also test other electoral systems than the proportional one,” he said.

The program’s permanent invitee Cristian Tabara said the Venice Commission experts tried to involve all the political players. “The opinion of the Venice Commission is a document for everyone. The Venice Commission experts underlined that we should respect the interests of the voters. The struggle between parties should stop there where the interest of the people starts,” stated the analyst.