Maia Sandu has resolved a dual office holding situation by preferring the post of prime minister over the seat she won in Parliament in the February elections.
“Because of the mixed (voting) system, which was poorly thought-out and badly implemented by PDM, Parliament will have for several months fewer MPs than 101, as required by the Constitution,” Maia Sandu wrote on Facebook.
After the mixed system is annulled as promised, Maia Sandu went on, the proportional system will be reintroduced and “significantly improved”. In particular, the amendments will make it easier for members of the diaspora to vote. “I promise to the people in the diaspora, who voted for me and supported me through an exemplary mass mobilization, that I will do my best to improve the lives of people here at home, as well as of those who reside outside of the country,” says Maia Sandu, who won her MP seat in the Western Europe Constituency.
Per the Electoral Code, snap elections will now be held in that constituency to replace Maia Sandu in Parliament. The same will happen in the constituency won by Andrei Năstase, who has chosen the (compatible) posts of Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister.
About a month ago, Parliament passed a bill in first reading to annul the mixed voting system. For the second reading, clarifications will be made about the organization of snap elections in single-district constituencies.
