​OPINION POLL REVEALS THAT FIVE POLITICAL PARTIES MAY BE PRESENT IN NEXT PARLIAMENT OF MOLDOVA

If a parliamentary election were held next Sunday, the Moldovan Parliament would come to consist of 5 factions, as per the findings of the opinion poll carried out earlier this month by the Moldovan Association of Sociologists and Demographers.

Association Chairman Victor Mocanu said at the poll results presentation at Infotag on Monday that the law-stipulated electoral barrier of 6% would be overcome by the Party of Socialists (16.4%), Our Party (15.2%), the European People’s Party of Moldova (EPPM) – 6.8%, the Democratic Party (6.7%) and the party that may be established in the nearest future on the basis of the Civil Platform “Demnitate si Adevar” [DA, “Dignity and Justice”] – 6.3%.

The Liberal Party (with 5.8%), Communist Party (5.5%) and Liberal Democratic Party (2.5%) appear to be not able to clear the electoral barrier, revealed the research.

According to the profiled experts interviewed by the Association, in case of an early election, there is a probability of coming to the Moldovan Parliament of the country’s first ever independent candidate – ex-Minister of Education Maia Sandu, for whom 1.4% citizens are ready to vote.

Most of interviewed citizens (66.2%) answered positively concerning the holding of an early parliamentary election in 2016, and only 19.3% spoke against this.

Also, an absolute majority of interviewed Moldovans (82.7%) stand for a direct, all-nation election of President, and only 9.9% believe the head of state should be elected as now – in the 101-member Parliament of Moldova.

Should a direct election of President be re-institutionalized in Moldova, Partidul Nostru [Our Party] leader Renato Usatii would be voted for by 17.8% of respondents. Following next would be Party of Socialists (PSRM) leader Igor Dodon (15.5%), then Maia Sandu (13.3%), MCP Chairman Vladimir Voronin (8.8%), EPPM leader Iurie Leanca (7.1%), LP First Deputy Chairman Dorin Chirtoaca (5.6%), DP Chairman Marian Lupu (4.9%), LP leader Mihai Ghimpu (4.3%), Zinaida Grechanaya of the PSRM (3.8%), ex-premier Ion Sturza (3.1%), DP Deputy Chairman Andrian Candu (2.3%), Liberal Democratic Party Chairman Vlad Filat (1.8%).

Infotag’s dossier: The opinion poll was conducted on November 10-18 in 75 various-level populated areas across Moldova among 1,187 respondents. Also, the research included 52 experts, and 373 protesters from the encampments set up yet in September before the Government Building and the Parliament Building. The pollsters are saying that error should not exceed ±3%.