An indirect presidential election was held in
Moldova
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on 10 November 2009 and 7 December 2009, following the
parliamentary election held in July 2009.
Pre-election developments
A
first attempt had failed in May–June 2009 after the
parliamentary election in April 2009, forcing a snap election and a second presidential election afterwards. Should this election fail again, the constitution forbids a second early election in the same year, which would mean that snap elections would be held in early 2010.
The
PCRM
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have suggested that they would be willing to support an independent candidate for president.
On August 8, 2009, four parties agreed to create the
Alliance For European Integration, which will push the
Communist party
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into opposition. The
Alliance For European Integration needs to elect a new president, an action which will be impossible without having the support of at least 8
Communist
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MPs. The
Alliance For European Integration has a narrow majority of 53 deputies out of 101 in the
Moldovan Parliament, while the
Communists have 48. At least 61 votes are needed to elect the new
president
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.
Parliament held its first session on 28 August 2009. The Alliance for European Integration elected
Mihai Ghimpu, leader of the Liberal Party as Parliament Speaker. It was announced on that date they would nominate
Marian Lupu for President and
Vlad Filat for Prime Minister.
The Communist Party boycotted the session and challenged the legitimacy of Ghimpu's election on procedural grounds on 1 September, but the Constitutional Court decided on 8 September that the election had been valid. Voronin had announced he would resign by 14 September 2009 and become a simple
MP, which he did on 11 September 2009; this meant that Ghimpu took over as
acting president until the election.
Election
Moldova's parliament
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will vote to elect a new president of the former Soviet republic on October 23 or 26,
Marian Lupu said on October 5, 2009. The elections were to be held on October 23, but were postponed due to a constitutional dilemma over whether it is legal to hold them with only one candidate registered.
The first election attempt on 10 November failed, as the PCRM boycotted the election. Another round was to be held within thirty days, and if the second attempt failed as well, early elections would be held in autumn 2010. The second round was set for 7 December, and failed as well, with the same voting result.
See also
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Moldovan presidential election, May–June 2009
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Acting president
References
External links
Election of President of the Republic of Moldova 2009/ alegeri.md
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Presidential, October 2009
2009 in Moldova
2009 November
Indirect elections