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39-627: After the April 2009 election and the civil unrest , the climate in Moldova became very polarised. The parliament failed to elect a new president . For this reason, the parliament was dissolved and snap elections were held. The July 29 polls were won by the Communist Party (PCRM) with 44.7% of the vote. That gave the former ruling party 48 MPs, and the remaining 53 seats in the 101-member chamber went to four opposition parties. 51 votes are needed to elect

78-498: A military occupation of these territories. Ordinance of Interim President Michael Ghimpu reflects, in principle, the historical truth". But the Constitutional Court cancelled Ghimpu's decree on July 12, 2010. The constitutional referendum aimed at breaking the political stalemate failed on September 5, 2010, following a low voter turnout . No further referendum can be called to change the constitution for direct elections of

117-572: A new president triggering early parliamentary elections which were held on 29 July 2009. The Parliament had to elect, with a majority of three-fifths the President of Moldova . The ruling Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) nominated Zinaida Greceanîi , and a puppet-candidate, a Doctor from Chişinău . As the PCRM held only 60 of 101 seats in parliament, but 61 votes were required to elect

156-659: A new version of the Constitution of Moldova (1994) . On January 14, 2010 President Mihai Ghimpu instituted the Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Moldova for studying and formulating a historic assessment of the totalitarian communist regime. The first session of Moldova's parliament was scheduled for August 28, one day short of the deadline for the body to convene. On August 28, 2009, Mihai Ghimpu

195-566: A three-fifths majority (61 of 101 votes). If no candidate achieved a majority vote before that date, a new parliamentary election would be held. The three opposition parties announced that they would all vote against the PCRM's nominee for president, for which 61 votes out of 101 were required; if Parliament failed to elect a candidate three times, this would result in new parliamentary elections being required. The Communist Party nominated former Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanîi as their presidential candidate. The previous parliament failed to elect

234-641: The Alliance for Democracy and Reforms (ADR) for discrediting any form of political coalition formed without them. Mihai Ghimpu , interim president of Moldova in 2010, decreed June 28 as Day of Soviet Occupation and Commemoration of the Victims of the Communist Totalitarian Regime to remember the Soviet occupation on June 28, 1940. The move was met with disapproval and calls for the decree's revocation inside

273-591: The Communist Party (PCRM) into opposition; the Communists had been in government since 2001. The name of the coalition was decided to be "Alliance for European Integration" (AIE for short). On 25 September 2009, the Alliance for European Integration voted for a pro-European coalition government. After the 2010 elections , the centre-right anti-communist alliance increased its majority from 53 seats to 59 seats. Although Our Moldova Alliance (AMN) did not return to parliament,

312-531: The European Union . Also, the coalition said it wants strategic relations with both Russia and the United States. In a press conference on October 21, 2009, Iurie Leancă announced that official negotiations on the association agreement Moldova-EU will start on January 12, 2010. Commission for constitutional reform in Moldova is a commission instituted on December 1, 2009 by acting President Ghimpu to adopt

351-517: The President of Parliament or the Prime Minister , in that priority order", Mihai Ghimpu becomes the interim President of the Republic of Moldova until a new president will be elected by the Parliament. One of the goals of the alliance was to elect the new president . The candidate of the alliance was subsequently decided to be Marian Lupu . The four parties needed to elect a new president which

390-400: The amendment of the constitution will be initiated in order to give people the opportunity to rectify the constitutional deficiencies that have been triggering endless political crises." Acting President Marian Lupu added that: "Moldova's president will be elected within a month after the validation of the referendum's outcome.". Liberal leader Mihai Ghimpu then said that the amendment to

429-465: The speaker and prime minister , and 61 votes to elect the president . After the July 2009 elections , the centre-right anti-communist alliance was formed by the following parties: Liberal Democratic Party (18 seats), Liberal Party (15 seats), Democratic Party (13 seats), and Our Moldova Alliance (7 seats). On August 8, 2009, the four Moldovan parties agreed to create a governing coalition that pushed

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468-490: The Alliance in a news conference on Saturday, August 8, 2009. The Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM), Liberal Party (PL), Democratic Party (PDM), and Our Moldova Alliance (AMN) have committed themselves to achieving such goals as overcoming the social and economic crisis and ensuring economic growth, reintegrating territories, European integration and promoting a balanced, consistent and responsible foreign policy. The coalition said it wants an association agreement with

507-481: The Constitutional Court to authorise a recount of the votes, as demanded by the protesters. On 12 April the court ruled in favor of conducting a recount, which was scheduled to take place on 15 April. On 14 April, Serafim Urechean announced that the three main opposition parties would boycott the recount, citing fears that the government would use it to increase its majority to the 61 seats required to elect

546-591: The Council of Europe (PACE), and the European Parliament evaluated the elections as positive on the whole, with some reservations not affecting the outcome or the overall initial assessment. The opinion polls before the elections had showed a comfortable win for the Communist Party, with the only uncertainty being the size of the winning margin. The OSCE observer mission has issued a preliminary report declaring

585-679: The Moldovan Parliament Government of Moldova The president of the parliament of Moldova ( Romanian : Președintele Parlamentului ) is the presiding officer of the parliament of Moldova . The current president of the Parliament is Igor Grosu since 29 July 2021. (Birth–Death) (1884–1940) (1865–1936) (1883–1979) Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee of the Moldavian ASSR: (Birth–Death) (1880–1937) (1898–1957) Chairmen of

624-1477: The PCRM claimed that it was due to Ascension Thursday falling that day. On 3 June 2009, the second round (repeated election) was held, the results being the same: 60 votes for Zinaida Greceanîi , forcing incumbent Vladimir Voronin to dissolve the Parliament . Early elections were set for 29 July 2009 after Voronin dissolved parliament on 15 June 2009. The list of deputies elected in the 5 April 2009 parliamentary elections: 21. Vladimir Ţurcan 22. Veronica Abramciuc 23. Aliona Babiuc 24. Elena Bodnarenco 25. Vadim Mişin 26. Alla Mironic 27. Igor Vremea 28. Iurie Muntean 29. Vasile Iovv 30. Grigore Petrenco 31. Svetlana Rusu 32. Violeta Ivanov 33. Lidia Lupu 34. Raisa Spinovschi 35. Anton Miron 36 Irina Vlah 37. Oleg Reidman 38. Valeriu Sava 39. Ludmila Belcencova 40. Ghenadie Morcov 41. Oxana Domenti 42. Anatolie Gorilă 43. Inna Şupac 44. Gheorghe Popa 45. Petru Porcescu 46. Oleg Garizan 47. Veaceslav Bondari 48. Mihail Mocan 49. Nicolae Munteanu 50. Mihail Poleanschi 51. Lidia Semeniţcaia 52. Sergiu Stati 53. Mariana Şmilenco 54. Mihail Rusu 55. Iurie Moiseev 56. Oleg Babenco 57. Serghei Afanasenco 58. Ala Ursul 59. Natalia Vîsotina 60. Ştefan Grigoriev [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Speaker of

663-442: The Republic of Moldova (PCRM) won a majority of seats (60 out of 101) for the third consecutive occasion. Turnout was 59%, exceeding the 50% necessary for the election to be valid. Following the elections, Parliament was required to elect a new President of Moldova as the incumbent Vladimir Voronin had to stand down after completing two terms. Presidential elections required the winning candidate to receive at least 61 votes, but

702-466: The Russians from the organization influenced this report. She also declared that at the counting of the votes that at 1:00 the PCRM had 35% of the votes and the 15–16 parties from the opposition 40–45% altogether while shortly later, at 8:00 the situation changed radically and the PCRM had 50%. There have also been claims of voter fraud, with deceased and nonattendant persons reportedly voting. Following

741-622: The Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR: (Birth–Death) (1901–1986) (1910–1971) (1905–1960) (1910–1982) (1912–1992) (1926–1998) (1914–1999) (1933–1987) (1928–2016) (1927–2001) (1940–2023) (1932–2017) Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR: (Birth–Death) (1904–1960) (1899–1980) (1915–1980) (1935–2012) (1934–2018) (1940–2023) On 5 June 1990,

780-448: The announcement of preliminary election results on 6 April 2009, which showed the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) victorious, winning approximately 50% of the votes, the opposition rejected the results, accusing the authorities of falsification in the course of counting the votes and demanded new elections. Opposition and NGO activists organized protest demonstrations in

819-448: The approval of parliament on September 25, 2009. Filat said that his first official visit as premier will be made to Brussels . He added that the agenda of the first official meetings will include visits to Paris , Berlin , Bucharest , and Kyiv . On September 11, 2009, Mihai Ghimpu became the acting president of Moldova . The interim position was possible following the resignation of Moldovan President, Vladimir Voronin , announced in

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858-438: The center of Chişinău on 6 and 7 April. The demonstration spun out of control and escalated into a riot on April 7, with protesters attacking the parliament building and the presidential palace, throwing stones at the buildings, with the riot police attempting to protect the buildings. In the afternoon of 7 April the rioters broke into the parliament building, looted it and set it on fire. Police forces had regained control of

897-444: The city center by 8 April, arresting several hundred protesters. Following the arrests, numerous cases of excessive force usage, including beatings and torture by the police, were reported by the detainees. Peaceful demonstrations on the central square continued for the remainder of the week. The government and opposition parties have accused each other of sending provocateurs to incite the crowds. On 10 April 2009, Voronin called on

936-437: The communists win more votes. The Academy of Sciences of Moldova declared that "in the view of recent disagreements regarding June 28, 1940 [...] we must take action and inform the public opinion about the academic community views". The Academy declared that: "Archival documents and historical research of international experts shows that the annexation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina was designed and built by Soviet Command as

975-471: The constitution is the only solution to the political crisis. After the referendum failed, the Alliance announced on September 6 that it would consult the Constitutional Court of Moldova on dissolving parliament and holding a new election . April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election Government of Moldova Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 5 April 2009. The Party of Communists of

1014-608: The elections generally free and fair and describing Moldova as an "overall pluralistic environment, offering voters a distinct political alternative and meeting many of the O.S.C.E. and Council of Europe commitments." Petros Efthymiou, head of the delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Special Co-ordinator of the OSCE short-term observers, said that he was delighted at the progress of democracy in Moldova. "These elections were very good and they gave me great confidence in

1053-434: The future of this country," Efthyimou said. However, one member of the 280-strong observation team, Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne , whose observation post was near the border of the separatist republic of Transnistria , voiced concern over this evaluation, claiming that she had a "very, very strong feeling" that there have been some manipulation, but she "couldn't find any proof" of it. She claimed that

1092-416: The leaders of the three remaining parties of the alliance signed a new coalition agreement on 30 December 2010. Consequently, a new cabinet was installed on 14 January 2011, when an investiture vote took place in parliament. Government of Moldova The leaders of the four parties – Vlad Filat (PLDM), Mihai Ghimpu (PL), Marian Lupu (PDM), and Serafim Urechean (AMN) – signed the 22-point declaration of

1131-497: The legitimacy of Mihai Ghimpu 's position as acting president , which gave him the right to nominate a prime minister . On the same day, Ghimpu signed a decree nominating Filat for the office of prime minister. Earlier on September 17, the parliament approved a new government structure; according to the draft structure, the number of ministries remains unchanged at 16 but their names and responsibilities have been changed. The Alliance cabinet of Vlad Filat took office after winning

1170-486: The morning of 11 September 2009 on the public broadcaster Moldova 1 . The resignation letter was sent to the Parliament secretariat and by a vote of 52 deputies in the plenary session of the legislature was declared vacant the post of the President of the Republic of Moldova. Therefore, in accordance with Article 91 of the Constitution of 1994 , which provides that "the responsibility of the office shall devolve ad interim on

1209-463: The next president. The results of the recount were published on 21 April. No serious errors were determined and the original election result was confirmed. One of the first tasks of the newly elected parliament is to elect a new president. Incumbent president Vladimir Voronin was ineligible for another term, as he had already served two terms, the maximum number allowed under the constitution. His successor needed to be elected before 8 June 2009 with

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1248-557: The opposition parties refused to vote for the three PCRM-nominated candidates in three rounds of voting between May and June 2009, meaning no president was elected. As a result, early parliamentary elections were held in July. The European Union called on Moldova to reform its electoral law, which implemented an electoral threshold of 6%, giving smaller parties little chance of entering Parliament. However, President Voronin rejected these calls. Final results were announced on 8 April 2009;

1287-550: The president for another two years. The head of the observer mission from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , Andreas Gross, praised the referendum as being well organised and corresponding to democratic standards. On 15 January 2012, the leaders of the Alliance made a joint statement announcing that a constitutional referendum would be held in April, 2012. Prime Minister Vlad Filat said that "a referendum on

1326-600: The president, at least one vote from the opposition was required. The opposition (formed by the three liberal -oriented parties the Liberal Party , the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova , and the Our Moldova Alliance ) boycotted the first round of the election held on 20 May 2009, thus forcing repeated parliamentary elections,. The second round was set for 28 May 2009, but it was postponed to 3 June 2009;

1365-405: The recount, it was decided by the Constitutional Court that the presidential election would have to take place by 7 July 2009. Otherwise parliament would be dissolved and early elections held. The opposition parties stated that they would boycott parliament, citing electoral fraud as the reason, and tried to force new elections. The presidential election was later set for 20 May 2009. Following

1404-493: The ruling PCRM failed to gain the 61 seats required to elect the president, leaving the opposition parties with the possibility of forcing a new election. A ballot recount performed on 21 April confirmed the results. The International Election Observation Mission, represented by delegations from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Parliamentary Assembly of

1443-548: The ruling coalition, and with calls for Ghimpu's resignation among the opposition parties. Dorin Chirtoacă , mayor of Chişinău and member of the same party as Ghimpu, ordered the erection of a memorial stone in the National Assembly Square , in front of the parliament building, where a Lenin monument used to stand. The members of the coalitions argued that the time had not come for such a decree and that it would only help

1482-675: Was elected as the Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament , through secret voting, getting all 53 votes of the Alliance For European Integration . Mihai Ghimpu on August 28, 2009: "I thank my colleagues for their trust. I hope that while in this position I will cooperate for a free press, independent legal system, and a state of law of which all the Moldovan citizens will be proud of." The Constitutional Court of Moldova confirmed

1521-407: Was impossible without having the support of at least 8 Communist (PCRM) MPs. The critics close to the Communists (PCRM) said that the new coalition was in fact a resurrection of the former Alliance for Democracy and Reforms (ADR), which mostly failed the expectations of its voters, due to many reasons. After 1999, the Party of Communists (PCRM) used very successfully the incoherent activity of

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