Zelensky made Moldovans disillusioned with Dodon
The decisive first steps of the new President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, sometimes controversial from the point of view of legislation, provoked a discussion in Moldova about why their President Igor Dodon, who was content with reduced powers, did not behave this way.
Despite the difference in the constitutional status of the presidents in Ukraine and Moldova, the president and his socialist party could try to compete for power.
Moldovan political scientist Zurab Todua stated this on Balti television.
“In my opinion, the socialists could fight more toughly. For example, when Mr. President invited journalists from Moscow, but they were not allowed into the country. Why didn’t the socialist deputies come to the plane then and surround it? They are inviolable. These are the president’s guests, what a position they put him in. They didn’t want to give a reason to remove the party from the elections,” Todua said.
He believes that it was this “flexible position” that did not allow the socialists to take 55 mandates in parliament, as they expected; they had to be content with 35 mandates. Moreover, the political scientist suggested, in the event of early elections, the party’s result could be even worse.
In his opinion, Dodon fails to create a parliamentary coalition precisely because Moldovan politicians do not respect him. This is his fault. The Moldovan president allowed the parliament to remove him from office for several days 6 times in order to make the necessary decisions.
“In my opinion, Mr. Dodon should have been shown from the first time that he would not allow himself to be treated this way. He could address citizens, call them to parliament and ask parliamentarians to take into account the opinions of the people who support him. When he was first removed from power, he could have expressed disagreement. This is humiliating and unprecedented.
But he did not want to aggravate the situation; many were afraid that the authorities would exclude the socialists from the elections. But if he could have stood up for himself then, there would have been no subsequent five suspensions. It wouldn’t be what we have now, when the constitutional court, parliament and government show disrespect towards the president,” Todua said.
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