WASHINGTON, June 10: The US State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus ?said in a press statement on Sunday that the parliamentary elections in Moldova held in February were competitive and called on parties to engage in a dialogue amid the current political crisis in the country.
“The United States calls on all Moldovan parties to show restraint and to agree on a path forward through political dialogue. The February 24 parliamentary elections were competitive and respected fundamental rights. The will of the Moldovan people as expressed in those elections must be respected without interference,” the press statement said.
Moldova’s Party of Socialists, which supports rapprochement with Russia, and the pro-EU ACUM bloc signed a cooperation agreement on Saturday and formed a government at a parliament meeting months after the indecisive February elections. The Moldovan Constitutional Court has declared these decisions unconstitutional, while the parliament accused the former ruling pro-EU Democratic Party of using the judiciary, which it says is under the latter’s control, to usurp power.
The Moldovan Constitutional Court has declared the parliament’s decisions unconstitutional, believing that the current legislature had until June 7 to form a new government after the elections and, since it failed to do so, should be dissolved.
On Sunday, the court also ruled to transfer Igor Dodon’s presidential powers to Pavel Filip, an ex-prime minister and a member of the Democratic Party. The latter then signed a degree to dissolve the parliament and set snap elections for September 6.
(AGENCIES)
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