Tagged: Moldova
Conrad Omodiagbe
Moldova Court Rejects Prime Minister And Election
The Constitutional Court in Moldova has rejected a request by its new President Maia Sandu seeking to appoint new ministers, prolonging a months-long standoff between Sandu and her influential predecessor Igor Dodon. Upon winning the November 2020 presidential election in the country of 3.5 million, where the West and Russia vie for influence, Sandu has […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Moldova Makes History With Female President-Elect
An opposition candidate in Moldova, Maia Sandu, is set to make history, defeating incumbent President Igor Dodon in a run-off vote to become the country’s first female leader. According to preliminary results announced by Moldova’s Central Election Commission, Sandu, a former World Bank economist and Moldova’s former prime minister scored an emphatic victory at the […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Moldova Adopts New Electoral System
The parliament in Moldova has voted to scrap the mixed voting system it used during the February parliamentary election. Instead, the Parliament has adopted the proportional voting system. Why the change? The mixed voting system drew criticism since its adoption in 2017. It was adopted on the bidding of the ruling party at the time, […]