In the event of early elections to the new parliament, four parties have a chance to pass – Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), Party of Socialists (PSRM), Shor Party and Our Party. This is evidenced by data from the Vox Populi survey for January 2021, conducted by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers.

On Monday, Moldovan President Maia Sandu held a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Republic of Moldova, Pascal Le Deunff. They discussed the internal political situation in Moldova and the question of holding an early parliamentary election.

On Monday, President Maia Sandu signed a Decree on approving a new personal composition of the Supreme Security Council, which has now become 11 Members larger than before.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu has specified criteria for selecting state officials for membership of the Supreme Security Council (SSC), and formulated the criteria in a Presidential Decree on amending the SSC membership Decree of 1997.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration has called on foreign diplomatic representations to abstain from interfering into the Republic of Moldova’s domestic affairs, reads the ministerial Commentary issued following certain statements concerning the annulment by the Moldovan Constitutional Court of the Law on the functioning of languages in Moldova.

Mark Tkachuk, a member of the Executive Committee of the Collective Action Party “Civilian Congress”, has named as “narrow-minded provokers” all those having a relation to drafting the Law on the functioning of languages in Moldova and to its cancellation by Constitutional Court’s decision.

The Party of Socialists (PSRM) chairman Igor Dodon considers that if President Maia Sandu nominates a candidate for prime minister post, then it is not worth voting for him in order to achieve early parliamentary elections. As Infotag reports, he said this on the air of NTV Moldova on Wednesday evening.

President Maia Sandu has accused the PSRM-Shor coalition of creating obstacles to European support for Moldova. As Infotag reports, she said this on Wednesday at a briefing following her visit to Brussels.

The victory in the legal dispute, which the deputies who have challenged the law “On the Functioning of Languages on the Territory of Moldova” in the Constitutional Court (CC) are hoping for, will turn into a political failure, regardless of the decision taken by the magistrates, Minister of Justice Fadei Nagacevschii said at a briefing on Wednesday , criticizing the authors of the request – deputies Dinu Plingau and Octavian Ticu.

Members of Parliament Dumitru Diacov (Democratic Party), Igor Munteanu (Platforma DA) and Vladimir Cebotari (Pro Moldova group) are convinced that the President must propose a candidate for prime-ministerial post, despite President Maia Sandu’s opinion that any such nomination or attempts to form a government lead to snap election postponement. The deputies presented their opinions in a live program cast on the local television on Tuesday night.

The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, has named the election of Maia Sandu President of the Republic of Moldova “a call (by the citizens -" I. ") for a robust reform agenda and anti-corruption which the European Union (EU) fully supports.” As Infotag reports, he wrote about this on social networks following a meeting with Sandu in Brussels the day before.

Partidul Nostru (Our Party, OP) Chairman Renato Usatii believes that President Maia Sandu ought to act more resolutely and actively to dissolve the incumbent Parliament and not to be led by the nose by ex-president Igor Dodon. Usatii stated this in his online address to citizens, commenting on the Constitutional Court’s conclusion that a self-dissolution of the Parliament is impossible.

Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, underlined the EU's commitment to help ensuring that coronavirus vaccines are accessible to all, including in the EU's immediate neighborhood. Furthermore, additional EU assistance, in particular through the World Health Organization, can be used by the Moldovan authorities to be adequately prepared for the coronavirus vaccination campaign, Josep Borrell stated during his meeting with Moldovan President Maia Sandu in Brussels on Monday.

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova has confirmed that the Moldovan Parliament may not resort to a self-dissolution. The Court took such decision on Monday in response to an inquiry submitted by deputies of the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS).

The Party of Socialists demands that President Maia Sandu must nominate a candidate for prime minister by February 1 at the latest, PSRM leader Igor Dodon stated at a news conference organized on Monday following a sitting of the PSRM Executive Committee.

President Maia Sandu will not nominate a prime minister until the Constitutional Court (CC) decides on the possibility of parliament's self-dissolution. As Infotag reports, she said this during the program “Friday with Anatolie Golea” on the RTR-Moldova TV channel.

President Maia Sandu has named the priorities of foreign policy - economic diplomacy, relations with the diaspora and high-quality consular services. As Infotag reports, the President announced this in her address to the diplomatic corps of the Republic of Moldova on Friday.

The President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, spoke in favor of restarting relations with the European Union (EU) and developing relations with the Russian Federation. As Infotag reports, this was stated by Sandu during a discussion with Moldovan diplomats.

Last year, the Parliament of Moldova held 33 plenary meetings, though 3 of them were actually not valid due to the lack of a quorum. So, the plenary meetings lasted a total of 182 hours, reported the forum’s Secretariat.

The president, according to the Constitution, has no choice but to nominate a candidate for the post of prime minister. As Infotag reports, Dumitru Diacov, the honorary chairman of the Democratic Party, said this on the air of TV8channel on Wednesday evening. Earlier, President Maia Sandu said that “any nomination of candidates and attempts to form a government will only lead to wasting time.”