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329:(7 seats), and independent candidates (3 seats). By constitution, the parliament has "three months" (article 85) to form the government; if it fails to form the government, the president can dissolve the parliament and call new elections. The Constitutional Court interpreted the term as corresponding to 90 days, which is two days less than the sum of March, April and May. Until the new government had been formed, the outgoing
358:, filed a request to the Constitutional Court to dismiss Dodon for his inability to dissolve the government. The court, which is considered to be under influence by the Democratic Party, on Sunday 9 June agreed to the request, dismissing Dodon and appointing Filip acting president. Filip dissolved the parliament and announced that early elections would be held on 6 September.
532:, in general the Netanyahu government is making enormous efforts to convince countries to move their Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem – but in this case, the Israeli government refrained from commenting, knowing that Filip might not be able to cling to power and that Sandu who may replace him (as indeed happened) was in no way committed to the Embassy move.
333:, formed by the previous Democratic Party-dominated legislature, was to maintain control of the executive. The post-election configuration of the Moldovan parliament gave no outright majority to either party, thus making a coalition of two of the three biggest parties a necessity to gain a majority and elect a
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expressed its willingness to work with the "democratically elected government", carefully not naming which one it was talking about, while recognizing the existence of the coalition government. The statement further indicated that the EU supported a "commitment to reforms" described by the EU-Moldova
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described the actions of the
Democratic Party as "frankly criminal". Kozak noted the "courageous and pragmatic position of the pro-European bloc Acum and the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova" for overcoming political differences and representing the "will of the people". On June 12,
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decided that new parliamentary elections are to be held if no government was made before a three month (90 consecutive days) deadline starting from its validation of the election results on 9 March. This triggered a formation of a coalition. On
Saturday June 8, the NOW Platform DA and PAS finally
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Constitutional Court, Mihai Poalelungi, resigned from office. Later, on June 26, the entire group of constitutional court judges announced their resignations as well. This move was welcomed by the now undisputed president and prime minister (Dodon and Sandu), who
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released a press statement "welcoming the democratic change in
Moldova" and the Democratic Party's decision to resign from government in favor of the Sandu Cabinet. According to a news report which cited anonymous sources, the resignation of the Democratic Party came hours after the
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that the decisions of the
Constitutional Court on the same day to invalidate the forming of the Sandu government were "difficult to understand" and seemed "to be arbitrary" vis-à-vis the Constitution and international rule of law standards. The Secretary-General also requested the
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Government or in case of blocking up the procedure of adopting the laws for a period of 3 months, the President of the Republic of Moldova, following consultations with parliamentary fractions, may dissolve the
354:, would become the speaker. This would be one day later than the 90 days deadline but before the three month deadline expires. As a result, Dodon refused to intervene to dissolve the parliament. The Democratic party was left out, and the Democratic deputy,
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became indirectly involved with the crisis as the ousted prime minister Filip declared in a tweet that
Moldova would move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. While Israel made no comment, the PLO "strongly condemned Moldova's unlawful decision". The
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and that respect for the rule of law was paramount to EU-Moldova relations. Finally, the EU strongly "reiterated its call" for "calm and restraint", with the EU favoring "dialogue between democratically elected representatives" as a way forward.
365:. On June 14, Filip decided to step down from the government for 'political stability', but demanded a snap election and refused to recognize Sandu’s government as legal. The move didn't address the presidential status of Dodon.
458:, additionally throwing his support behind "his current coalition partners" and calling the Democratic Party government "usupers". Putin stated that power had been seized by oligarchs, a situation which he likened to Ukraine.
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Constitutional Court repealed the decisions, judgements and opinions which had triggered the crisis. It was also reported that the leader of the Democratic Party
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issued a statement "calling on all
Moldovan parties to show restraint and to agree on a path forward through political dialogue" and emphasizing the validity of the
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Socialist party. This agreement allowed Sandu to form the government, and the leader of the parliamentary fractions of the socialists,
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issued a statement taking note of the decisions taken by the Moldovan parliament, "including on the formation of the government coalition". In the statement, the
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fled the country on a private jet the day before. He claimed that he had left "for a few days" in order to visit his family.
474:. The statement effectively fell short of endorsing either party to the crisis. On June 14, State Department Spokesperson
305:, was elected president. He is described as pro-Russian and was backed by Russia. In February 2019, as the result of the
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582:"Moldova crisis: Snap elections called by interim president"
886:"Romania ready to cooperate with new Government in Moldova"
676:"'Moldova is free' cheers new premier as rival steps aside"
841:"European nations, Russia back new government in Moldova"
634:"Moldova crisis deepens as new president calls snap vote"
1012:"Moldova Had Two Governments. One Has Finally Resigned"
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