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Moldau: Präsident Timofti designiert neuen Kandidaten der Mehrheit zum Ministerpräsidenten

Der amtierende Minister für Informationstechnologie Filip soll am Montag die Verhandlungen mit den Parlamentsparteien aufnehmen. Nachdem die Demokraten den umstrittenen Geschäftsmann Vlad Plahotniuc für das Amt des Premiers vorgeschlagen hatten, wollten mehrere der Partner aus dem Parlament der Moldau ihre Unterstützung zurückziehen. Damit begründete auch Präsident Timofti die Ernennung eines neuen Kandidaten. 55 der 101 Abgeordneten im Parlament hatten dem Staatschef am Freitag den neuen Vorschlag eingereicht, auf den sie sich offenbar geeinigt hatten.

Die politische Krise in der Moldau hat sich bereits zuvor zugespitzt, nachdem der designierte Ministerpräsident Ion Păduraru zurückgetreten war. Am Tag zuvor war er von Präsident Nicolae Timofti für das Amt vorgeschlagen worden. Er habe keine Unterstützung seitens der parlamentarischen Mehrheit, die einen anderen Kandidaten durchsetzen wolle, begründete Păduraru seine Entscheidung.

Überhaupt sollte nach den Wahlen vom 30. November 2014 in Chişinău alles stillstehen. Die prowestlichen Parteien, die Liberaldemokraten, die Demokraten und die Liberalen gewannen die Wahl, während die prorussischen Sozialisten und Kommunisten aus dem linken Lager in der Opposition blieben. Die Sieger konnten aber ihren Erfolg nicht verwerten, da sie sich nicht auf einen Ministerpräsidenten einigen konnten. Deshalb scheint sich die Krise noch mehr in die Länge zu ziehen.

Rumäniens Präsident Klaus Iohannis bezeichnete die Lage in der Moldau als äußerst kompliziert“. Er vertraue allerdings der politischen Klasse am anderen Ufer des Pruth, fügte er hinzu. Er zähle auf die Reife der politischen Führung in Chişinău, um die beste Lösung zur Bewältigung der Krise zu finden, eine starke Regierung zu bilden und den europäischen Weg weiter zu gehen“, sagte der rumänische Staatschef. Iohannis sprach sich zudem für eine schnelle und gute Lösung für die politische Krise in der Moldau aus.

Rumänien habe kein Recht, die Moldau im Stich zu lassen, erklärte indes der Vorsitzende des Ausschusses für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten im Rumänischen Senat, Petru Filip. Auch dürfe man nicht auf das strategische Interesse für die europäischen Bestrebungen des Nachbarlandes verzichten, so Filip. Rumänien habe in der Beziehung zur Moldau scheinbar auf die Bremse getreten, glaubt der Senator. Im Rahmen seiner Unterstützung für die Moldau müsse Rumänien sich sowohl auf die Regierungs- und Präsidialebene als auch auf die Kapazitäten der politischen Parteien konzentrieren.

Sollte es in Chişinău bis zum 29. Januar zu keiner Regierungsbildung kommen, so muss der Staatspräsident das Parlament auflösen und Neuwahlen planen. Die prorussischen Sozialisten wären wohl zufrieden mit diesem Szenario, da sie laut Umfragen in der Wählergunst führen würden. Auch die Europäische Volkspartei des ehemaligen Premiers Iurie Leancă trat der Opposition bei und fordert jetzt Neuwahlen. Ein Szenario, das laut allen prowestlichen Politikexperten zu vermeiden wäre. Eine weitere Lösung wäre laut Meinung mehrerer moldauischer Parlamentsabgeordnete die Amtsenthebung von Präsident Nicolae Timofti.

15 January 2016
The political crisis in the neighboring Republic of Moldova deepens

The latest Prime Minister Designate, Ion Paduraru, decided to withdraw only a day after his designation by President Nicolae Timofti. Paduraru explained his gesture by saying he was
not endorsed by a Parliament majority, which is interested in imposing another
candidate.

Following the election of November 30, 2014, nothing has
functioned properly in the Republic of Moldova. Although the self-proclaimed
pro-Western parties – the Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic and the
Liberal Parties – won the election forcing the pro-Russian Socialists and Communists into opposition, the winners have found themselves unable to
handle their own success. They have lately failed to nominate a Prime Minister
and, consequently, the political crisis in the country continues.

Romania’s President, Klaus Iohannis, has described the situation in the
Republic of Moldova as very complicated, adding that he trusts the Moldovan
politicians. I count on the maturity of the political class in Chisinau to
find the best way for settling the crisis, for instating a strong government
and for maintaining the country’s European progress, the head of the Romanian
state has said. Iohannis has stood for a rapid and good solution to the political
crisis in the Republic of Moldova.

In turn, the Senate’s Foreign Policy Chair, Petru Filip, says
Romania has no right to abandon either the Republic of Moldova, presently in a difficult situation, or its foreign policy’s strategic interest of endorsing the
pro-European progress of the neighboring state. The Romanian official went on
to say that, of late, Romania seems to have throttled down on its pro-Moldova
policy.

In his opinion, the support Romania can offer to the Republic of
Moldova has to comprise both the governmental and presidential dimensions, as
well as the Romanian political parties’ capability to assess the
situation, keeping in mind the interest of boosting the Republic of Moldova’s
pro-European progress. Unless Chisinau gets a new government endorsed until January 29, the president has to dissolve Parliament and stage snap elections.

The most interested in this worst-case scenario are the pro-Russia Socialists, who are presently leading in opinion polls. The former Prime
Minister Iurie Leanca’s European People’s Party has also decided to join the
opposition and pleaded for snap election, a situation all pro-Western political
pundits believe should be avoided. According to some MPs, suspending President Nicolae
Timofti could be another solution, an alternative that has been considered
by Moldovan MPs these days.

15 January 2016
Propunere de premier la Chişinău

De profesie jurist, consilier al preşedintelui Nicolae Timofti din
2012 şi fost ministru al Justiţiei, noul premier desemnat Ion Păduraru este
ultima şansă pentru evitarea unui deznodământ considerat, de altfel, tot mai
probabil de majoritatea analiştilor de la Chişinău.
Dacă un nou Executiv nu este instalat până pe 29 ianuarie, preşedintele e
obligat să dizolve Parlamentul şi să anunţe organizarea de alegeri legislative
anticipate. Ar fi epilogul lungii agonii a unei clase politice pe care aceiaşi
analişti nu se sfiesc s-o numească incompetentă, coruptă, iresponsabilă.

În
2014, Republica Moldova era considerată premianta Parteneriatului Estic, prin
care Uniunea Europeană încearcă să inoculeze valorile occidentale fostelor
republici sovietice ieşite de pe orbita Moscovei. Chişinăul încheia atunci cu
Bruxellesul acorduri de asociere şi liber-schimb, iar premierul care obţinea,
astfel, recunoaşterea reformelor pe care le promovase, Iurie Leancă, declara că
republica ar putea deveni membră a UE în 2020. După alegerile de pe 30
noiembrie 2014, însă, nimic n-a mai funcţionat la Chişinău. Deşi partidele
declarat pro-occidentale – Liberal-Democrat, Democrat şi Liberal – au câştigat
scrutinul, iar stânga pro-moscovită – socialistă şi comunistă – a rămas în
opoziţie, învingătorii au fost incapabili să-şi gestioneze succesul. Brusc
dezagreat de propriii colegi, Leancă a fost înlocuit la şefia Guvernului de un
tânăr om de afaceri, Chiril Gaburici, nevoit să demisioneze după nici jumătate
de an, fiindcă-şi falsificase diploma de bacalaureat.

Următorul premier,
liberal-democratul Valeriu Streleţ, a rezistat şi mai puţin. După trei luni, el
a fost demis printr-o moţiune de cenzură iniţiată de filoruşi, dar votată şi de
PD. Perceput mai curând drept un tehnocrat, multi-milionarul şi ex-premierul
efemer din 1999 Ion Sturza n-a obţinut votul de învestitură. Pe controversatul om de afaceri Vladimir Plahotniuc nu l-a
acceptat preşedintele Timofti. Propus de PD şi sustinut de o majoritate eterogenă, care
mergea de la liberali până la foşti comunişti, acesta e frecvent calificat
drept oligarh şi a fost in mai multe rânduri acuzat de implicare în activităţi
ilegale.

În timp ce Rusiei nu-i rămâne decât să
jubileze pentru această criză prelungită, pe care nici măcar n-a fost nevoie
s-o stimuleze, partenerii occidentali ai Chişinăului nu-şi ascund consternarea.
România, primul susţinător al aspiraţiilor de integrare ale statului vecin, e
şi prima îngrijorată.

Diplomaţia de la Bucureşti nu oboseşte să repete
că se impune formarea cât mai rapidă a unui guvern care să asigure stabilitatea
şi aplicarea reformelor necesare pentru revigorarea parcursului european. Iar
ministrul de externe, Lazăr Comănescu, şi asistentul secretarului american de stat
pentru Europa şi Eurasia, Victoria Nuland, şi-au exprimat, la unison, în cursul
unei întâniri informale în Lituania, preocuparea faţă de situaţia de la
Chişinău.

15 January 2016
January 15, 2016

NATIONAL CULTURE DAY – A host of literary events, exhibitions and music shows are being held today in Bucharest and other big cities across Romania and abroad, to mark National Culture Day. The Romanian Academy hosted a solemn session, and the Romanian Athenaeum will venue a traditional music concert given by folk singer Grigore Lese and friends. Homage paying events will also be held in Chishinau, the capital city of the Republic of Moldova, a country with a predominantly Romanian speaking population, where National Culture Day is also celebrated today, as well as in the Cernauti/Chernivtsi region in Ukraine, which is home to over 200,000 ethnic Romanians.

MOLDOVA– The President of the Republic of Moldova, a former Soviet state with a predominantly Romanian speaking population, Nicolae Timofti, has said he doesnt favour the idea of holding snap elections, but avoiding this depends only on MPs. He has made this declaration shortly after designating the head of the Presidential Administration, Ion Paduraru, as candidate for the position of Prime Minister. The deadline for a new cabinet to get endorsement is January 29, when its three months since the sacking of the cabinet led by Liberal Democrat Valeriu Strelet, following a censure motion. Otherwise, the countrys president will have to dissolve Parliament and call for snap elections. The President of neighbouring Romania, Klaus Iohannis, has deemed as very complicated the political situation in the Republic of Moldova and has said he counts on the maturity of the political class in Moldova to solve the crisis, instate a strong government and continue the countrys EU rapprochment.

ECONOMY– Romanias economy registered a 3.7% growth rate in the first nine months of 2015, as compared to the same period of 2014, data released by the National Institute for Statistics show. Also, in real terms, the GDP registered in the third quarter of 2015 was 1.4% higher than in the second quarter of the same year. The National Forecast Commission has revised upward, to 3.6%, the estimated increase in the GDP in 2015 and maintained to 4.1% the estimated economic growth rate in 2016, according to the autumn version of the Long-Term Forecast, made public in November.

CYBER ATTACKS– Cyber attacks against Romania have been launched over the past year from Russia and China, the Romanian Intelligence Service has today announced. According to the agency, national security structures of the Foreign, Interior and Defence Ministries, respectively, and 11 banks have been the favourite targets of cyber attacks. The intelligence has been collected by the Cyberint National Centre, a unit of the Romanian Intelligence Service with responsibilities in protecting Internet, communication and infrastructure systems of strategic importance.

WATER POLO– Romanias national water polo team is today meeting Germany, in a decisive group stage match, to qualify for the next phase of the European Championships, hosted by Serbia. Romania needs at least a draw match to advance to the next stage of the competition. In the first two group matches, Romania won to Georgia, 12-6, and lost to Italy, 11–5. If the team manages to rank among the first 10 best performing teams, it also qualifies for the pre-Olympic tournament.

TENNIS– Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, WTAs no.2, has today failed to qualify for the finals of the Sydney tournament, with some 700,000 dollars in prize money up for grabs. Halep was defeated, in three sets, by Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova. In the mens double, the pair Florin Mergea/Rohan Bopanna (Romanian/India) has qualified for the finals, after defeating, in two sets, the pair Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil)/Leonardo Mayer (Argentina). Mergea and Bopanna will face in the finals the pair Jamie Murray (Great Britain)/ Bruno Soares (Brasil). In another move, Romania will have five representatives – Simona Halep, Irina Begu, Monica Niculescu, Alexandra Dulgheru and Andreea Mitu at the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, which starts in Melbourne next week.

(Translated and edited by Diana Vijeu)

15 January 2016