This year’s parliamentary elections are the first in the Republic of Moldova that can be predicted, which shows that the state of democracy worsened. In case of authentic democracy, the election outcome cannot be forecast so precisely, political analyst Alexei Tulbure, Moldova’s ex-ambassador to the UN, said in the talk show “Important” on TVC21 channel, IPN reports.

According to him, this year the parliamentary elections will be won by the Democrats and the Socialists. Currently, the Central Election Commission is not independent and the recently introduced mixed electoral system leaves no chance of winning in single-member consistencies to the candidates of the opposition.

The analyst said he does not want to discourage the opposition forces, but cannot ignore particular truths. The chances of winning for them are slim. These elections cannot be called elections when the institutions are politically controlled and the mixed electoral system is applied. Even so, they should struggle.

Alexei Tulbure said that if the Europeans become fully disappointed in the Government of the Republic of Moldova, the current government’s chances of enjoying the results of the future elections are minimal as a government that is not supported inside the country and outside it cannot remain in power. “The opposition has chances, but not in these elections that are organized as Plahotniuc wants,” he concluded.