Moldovan President Igor Dodon released a statement on the swearing in of Defense Minister Eugen Sturza. The statement was published on the president’s website.

According to Dodon the actions of the Moldovan government have no political legitimacy.

“The regime will fall into the pit which it is digging for others. The swearing in of the defense minister goes beyond the limits of political legitimacy and demonstrates how powerlessness forces the government to make serious mistakes.

By not allowing the government of democrats to control the president’s actions, we made it necessary for them to use the last instrument under their control – the Constitutional Court.

But the precedent which the democrats dared to set will become an instrument which they themselves will suffer from. They will be defeated by the boomerang which they themselves let loose.

I am confident that these methods will not be received with understanding within the country or outside of it. They can be called anything at all, but not democracy.

I assure [our] citizens and foreign partners that in the future, neither the government nor the parliamentary majority of democrats will be able to exert political pressure on the country’s president. I received a mandate from the people, and I will obey only the people.
And it is only the people, and no one else, who can make me resign from the presidential office. The government of democrats cannot make me resign, no matter how much they would like to.

Now all citizens have been able to verify that it is necessary to transition to a presidential government, where the directly elected head of state possesses additional powers envisaged by the constitution, as required by political logic.

Premature parliamentary elections, a socialist parliamentary majority and a presidential government will remain the only saving decision for Moldova, “ Dodon stated.

In his statement Dodon outlined the plan of actions he intends to take.

“In this regard:
- We will hold an extensive information campaign and will collect signatures in support of a presidential government.
- I will not yield to the pressure, and I will not sign that which I do not agree with and which will damage the state’s interests. I will fight to the end for the citizens’ interests.
- We will conduct social campaigns in order to support common people, who are in need of aid. Each week we will be in the villages and regions of the country together with our citizens.
- At the next elections, the socialists will get the parliamentary majority,” he stated.

Struza’s candidacy for the post of defense minister was put forward by the government on September 12 this year, but President Igor Dodon refused to sign the decree to appoint him. After the president’s second refusal to sign the relevant decree, the government approached the Constitutional Court for guidance.

The Moldovan Constitutional Court limited Dodon’s powers, ruling that the decree to appoint the minister should be signed by Speaker of Parliament Andrian Candu.

  Igor Dodon, Moldova

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