The electoral program of the Party of Socialists was planned for four years and, if snap parliamentary elections take place, the party must hasten its implementation so as to deliver results for the people. That’s why the PSRM is trying to persuade the MPs to vote the proposed bills by different ways, Socialist MP Nicolae Pascaru said in IPN’s public debate “Situation in Parliament and the country – Where are we going?”, explaining the method by which a number of legislative proposal were adopted in Parliament on December 3.
“There is nothing unordinary here. What we are trying to do is to implement a part of the PSRM’s electoral program, which is a duty to our voters,” he stated, noting the PSRM is ready for snap elections and is disposed to help the opposition “that wants to come to power in force”.
According to Nicolae Pascaru, the for and against game between the opposition and the power has always existed even if many documents in Parliament were adopted by the votes of 70-80 MPs. “Now, on the last 100 meters, the result achieved by President Maia Sandu probably plunged them in political euphoria and they consider they can win over 50% of the poll in snap elections, but they should not forget that the presidential elections and the parliamentary elections are different,” he stated.
The MP said that this year was a very difficult one for the Republic of Moldova. “I mean the pandemic, the drought and the failure to get the money that was initially planned in the budget. That’s why Moldova is in a crisis. The second crisis derives from the fact that Moldova suffers because of the irresponsibility of the opposition that wants to drive away everyone and to govern in our country,” he stated, noting that if there are questions the draft state budget, discussions should be held with the Government so as to reach a compromise.
In another development, Nicolae Pascaru said the bill on the languages spoken on Moldova’s territory is rather an ideological bill that treats Russian as a language spoken between ethnic groups. The fact that Russian language schools and kindergartens were closed is a problem, while the studying of a language is a right realized everywhere in the world. Also, the status of Gagauzia was agreed in 1994, but this was done “on credit” and the status of the autonomous unit should be thus strengthened further. Gagauzia can be an example of reintegration for the Transnistrian region.
“According to the PSRM, the procedure for adopting the given legislative proposals wasn’t violated in Parliament. The Constitutional Court is to pronounce on this,” stated Nicolae Pascaru. According to him, Maia Sandu’s statement about the withdrawal of the Russian troops from the Transnistrian region wasn’t reasonable as it can have consequences for the economy. As to the Republican Stadium, he said that as this has been an apple of discord for many years, the stadium will be transferred back to the state and a beautiful park would be built there.
The public debate “Situation in Parliament and the country – Where are we going?” was the 163rd installment of the series “Developing political culture through public debates” that is supported by the Hanns Seidel Foundation.
