The fact that the
presidential election would be lost by the European side was obvious even
before it was announced. To predict it, you were not supposed to be a prophet.
It was enough to follow the recent political events, the results of
sociological surveys, the social-economic context, the general atmosphere in
the society. It's not possible to provoke - under the cover of European
integration - a big financial crisis, without being punished by the electorate:
after the negative transfer of image, the pro-European vector has been damaged.
Firstly, it was a party whose leader
was seen as the biggest, the most important and, in fact, the only one: a kind
of chief over the whole country. That is why had declared - as one of his
political priorities - the election of the President by the entire population.
Sounds good. Dare to oppose when it comes to people - the exponent of national
sovereignty. The suit of the public enemy would be assured for you. The idea of
a president elected by the people was taken then to a platform whose leaders
have named themselves - fighters for justice and truth. Try now to fight back!
You risk to be sentenced to life. And yet there were some realists, who stated
bluntly - referring to the teachings of history - that where the poverty,
corruption and lies are prevailing, usually, the populists are chosen. In our
country (the local contribution, so to speak), the favorite of the surveys in
eve of the elections remained against the grain of custom, the candidate of the
left, that is the pro-Russian...
For the end of the drama remained
two competitors: Igor Dodon, and Maia Sandu. The socialist opt for a closer
relationship with Russia and the revision of the Association Agreement with the
European Union. Why must be reviewed the document that, according to the
experts, is very good and even favors us, the Socialist leader avoided to tell
us. Judging by the results of the first round (which by the way, were not
contested), it appears that people believed him. In the second round, Igor
Dodon has diluted the anti-European and anti-Romanian message, trying to
convince us, slightly more insistently that by staying simultaneously in two
boats is not only possible, but, apparently, even beneficial for the organism!
By examining the preliminary results of the second round, this time as well we
find that most voters have given credence to the allegations launched by
candidate PSRM. As mentioned, a large part of Moldovans in the autumn of 2016,
would be vote for Igor Dodon, regardless of what the socialist leader would
have said. And the politician said exactly what they wanted to hear. As for
those who have not yet understood this feature of politics in the XXI century -
the marketing - we can only envy them. If it's just naive, of course!
The second candidate, Maia Sandu was
really unique. She tried - in a kind of historical premiere - to unite the
anti-oligarchic message with the oligarchs that stood somewhere behind her. To
combine the halo of holiness, which her advocates endeavored to create for her,
with the sins of her staying in government; and the pretense of a charismatic
political leader, with, alas, the disappointing developments of the direct
election debates. The PAS leader's performance, but also of her staff will
remain, as an always instructive chapter in the annals of electoral absurd,
particularly through the applied tactics.
Surprisingly for many, in the
presidential runoff was recorded an exemplary mobilization of the diaspora, who
has given us to understand that we are not alone and that, in fact, all is not
lost.
Now we were watching the court
(which examines the appeals submitted by the staff of Maia Sandu) and the
Constitutional Court. Although, regardless of the verdict, a part of the
society will challenge it, we can safely say. This, probably, is the only right
that we managed to assimilate since the 90's onward. Even if we had only the
contesting spirit, it would still be worth it to wander, more than a quarter of
a century, through the scruffy of the democracy. And the fact that people
stupidly have failed to assert even this right, it inspires us confidence and
optimism.
Who, however, had to win and who to
lose, effectively, in this election? If the answer is in front of us. But let
us not hurry. The politics is an issue much more complicated than some imagine.
If, in the everyday life, when one loses the other, most often wins in
politics, on the contrary, the victory can turn into failure and from defeat
may be taken advantages. The politics also recognizes situations when all are
losers, but also cases when everybody wins. It depends on how you think and how
it works. Advantaged are those who look on. Ergo: let's not reduce failures thr
cause of at fraud the invocation of until satiety, but we must try, each after
power to change things. The action is preferable to moan (for which neither those who still
practice it, no longer have ears).
As mentioned, the presidential
result was, from the outset, almost known. PD, the leading party in the current
ruling coalition, trying probably, to anticipate events, decided to implement a
scheme which took many by surprise. In the first stage, the Democrats withdrew
their candidate from the race, then decided to relieve the duties of the
president, still quite modest. This time (it can be said as surely) the
government will have by its side everyone who is dissatisfied with the eventual
victory of Igor Dodon. Even those who, until recently, were demanding the head
of Plahotniuc. As it may be painful for some, it must be recognized that the PD
is currently the only political force that can actually thwart the plans of the
socialists perched at the presidency.
The presidential elections passed.
Soon we will find out the decision of the Constitutional Court on the
validation of the election. But we will never know, as it turns out, how many
votes would be taken Marian Lupu, how many citizens living abroad were not able
to vote and, the essentials, to what movie Igor Dodon wanted to invite Maia
Sandu?...
Too bad, though, that the PAS leader
refused multiple and insistent invitations of the Socialist leader. It could be
the only feasible thing in all the electoral chatter. The Cherry on the top of
the cake of a campaign that has left us with a bitter taste.
07.12.2016
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