The agreement on the constitution of the Political Alliance for the European Moldova, signed by the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party, is comparable with many examples of such documents existing in the international practice and is much more developed than that of 2009, for instance, considers political analyst Viorel Cibotaru.

Asked by IPN to comment on the quality of this accord, Viorel Cibotaru said that now the agreement is more consistent and detailed because it is easier to deal with two components than with three, four or more. “At the same time, the document became more rigid. The conditions ensuring the functioning of the coalition are extra-democratic. There are regulated things that should not be regulated. There are ‘unwritten laws’ that run counter to the written ones. One cannot stop particular things, like criticism, for example,” he stated.

The analyst believes that the opponents of the newly formed coalition may consider that such provisions mean a step back in ensuring transparency in the decision-making process and the observance of the basic human rights as well as in governance.

“Judging by this document, the things are defined rather professionally, with a lot of experience deriving from the successes and failures and the crises overcome by the parties. I don’t think that there are serious contradictions in a particular area, either personal or professional, or either internally or externally. This coalition seems to be the most durable one after 2009,” said Viorel Cibotaru.

As to the distribution of ministries, the analyst said he has certain reserves as the posts of minister of defense and minister of foreign affairs are within the President’s area of competence and they should have been probably delimited somehow from the other posts or they could be left to the discretion of the head of state so as to highlight that they belong to now party.