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Moldova’s Parliamentary Elections May Yield a Sea Change
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 108
Moldovan president and de facto PAS party leader Maia Sandu (Source: Getty Images)
Moldova could break out from its cycle of political instability and economic decay, provided that President Maia Sandu’s creation, the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), gains an outright parliamentary majority on its own in the July 11 elections. That scenario mainly depends on a high voter turnout by Moldovan diaspora voters in Western countries.
The balance of forces within Moldova tilts slightly in favor of PAS over its Russophile rivals. It was the Moldovan diaspora in the West whose votes lifted Sandu above Socialist leader Igor Dodon by a convincing margin in the November 2020 presidential election. Seven months later, however, the stakes are of a different order. PAS needs to not simply outvote the Socialists and their allies but also to win an arithmetical majority of pa
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