PSRM AND ACUM WILL SIGN NEW AGREEMENT IN A FEW DAYS – PRESIDENT DODON

A new Agreement will be concluded between the Party of Socialists and the political bloc ACUM before the end of July, Moldova President Igor Dodon stated in his interview with the noi.md portal.

The head of state reminded that at the first stage of collaboration, the two formations united their efforts “to dismantle the old system”.

“The main items of that first agenda have been fulfilled by now. Most servants to the ruling system created by the Democratic Party have already been dismissed from their posts. By the end of August we will complete the dismantling of that old system, and will appoint new people. It was easier to get united against a common enemy. Now we are entering a second stage, which is more complicated and more responsible. It will require a greater wisdom from us to agree upon our further team work. Now we are supposed to get united not against somebody but for the sake of something”, said President Dodon.

According to him, the drafting of the new Agreement between the parliamentary majority parties is approaching completion, and the document will be signed next week.

“It will contain commitments, and political questions, and a foreign political agenda, East-West relationship, participation in the local elections, an agenda of the reforms to be implemented by the Government and by the parliamentary majority, and many other things. This will be a program not for a few months but for a year and a half or two years”, said the President.

Asked how long he believes the current parliamentary majority and government will last, Igor Dodon said there are three possible variants: (1) as some observers presume, this coalition will split up after the October 20 local elections; (2) other believe that the Sandu Government will step down before the presidential election [due at the end of 2020] so that to hold the presidential election simultaneously with a parliamentary election; and (3) coalition will withhold all the 4 years of the incumbent Parliament’s mandate.

“Of course, I stand for the 3rd variant. The longer this majority and government remain, the better for the country. For last 28 years, politicians had been splitting the Moldovan society and dividing people. Now, for the first time ever, a chance has appeared to unite the society, and our coalition works as a catalyst to the process. The people now breathe more at ease, and there is no mortal confrontation”, said Igor Dodon.