General local elections are due in 2003. The 4-year mandate of the local bodies expires on May 23 consequently elections are to be held in May. It would be very interesting to examine the relationships between the ruling party and opposition in this context

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Is there a Social Democratic Prospect for the Republic of Moldova?
Igor Botan, December 2, 2002

On November 30 the Democratic Party organized with the support of the French Foundation Jean Jaures the conference entitled "A Comparative Analysis of Electoral Trends in Europe and in the Republic of Moldova"

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Moldovan politics labyrinth
November 18, 2002

A series of significant events happened lately in the Republic of Moldova. Firstly, clear signs came to light that Moldovan top leadership gave up their electoral promises. Secondly, European component of the foreign policy has become at least as important as the CIS one

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Theoretical benchmarks of the Moldovan communists
October 28, 2002

At the V Plenary of the Communist Party of the Republic of Moldova hosted in May, an idea was voiced to amend the governing program approved exactly a year ago

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Amending the Law on Political Parties
October 21, 2002

One of the most controversial issues related to political parties has been the minimal number of members required for the party registration

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The Priorities of the Moldovan Political Forces
September 16, 2002

This week deputies resume their work in Parliament Commissions. The leaders of Parliament factions have already voiced their priorities for the upcoming session

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The impact of the Permanent Roundtable
September 9, 2002

Despite the too many skeptical opinions about the viability of the Permanent Round Table (PRT) it seems that its last session with the participation of the political parties of the Republic of Moldova had a wide-scale impact

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Fall political seazon
September 2, 2002

On September 1 the fall political season began. Given upcoming local elections to be held next May, the major concern of political parties right now is getting ready for elections

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Cooperation between NGOs and political parties
July 8, 2002

On June 22 the Agency for Legal Initiatives hosted an international seminar entitled "Making Civil Society Concerns Heard: Prospects and Problems of NGOs' Cooperation with Political Parties" in Kiev. The conference gathered representatives of NGOs from the Republic of Moldova, Mongolia, Russia and Ukraine

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Modernization of the Governing Party
June 20, 2002

All the major events in the socio-political life of the Republic of Moldova are directly related to the policy pursued by the Communist Party (CP), which holds the constitutional majority in the Parliament. During the May plenary session of the Communist Party, the President of the country and Chair of the Communist Party launched an initiative to modernize the governing party. In addition, several weeks later the Communist party media outlet highlighted the need to change the party program as well. Domestic analysts closely monitor both initiatives

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Getting ready for May 2003 local elections
June 14, 2002

A whole set of events this month point to the fact that the major political parties of country are getting ready for local elections due in May 2003. Rather, they resumed pre-electoral activities, interrupted by the ruling of the Constitutional Court outlawing early local elections set for April 7, 2002

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Referendum on the modification of the electoral system
April 29, 2002

Political confrontation of the last three months between the Communist governing and Christian-Democrat opposition reached the stage when the Resolutions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe could be enforced. Otherwise, both the power and opposition have much to loose. In his appeal to the protestors in the Town of Freedom the leader of the Christian-Democratic Peoples' Party, Iurie Rosca stated that the protest rallies would cease immediately he and Victor Stepaniuc draft an agreement on the enforcement of the resolutions passed in Strasbourg

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The relationships between authorities and opposition after three months of protests
April 22, 2002

The events produced last week mark a new stage in the relationships between the power and opposition. After more than three months of opposition protest rallies on the one hand, and threats to the protesters on the other, the leaders of the majority and those of the protesting opposition, Iurie Rosca and constructive-conciliation opposition Dumitru Braghisr, decided to initiate a dialogue

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The political crisis in Moldova
February 26, 2002

On February 24, 2002 the deputies of the Christian-Democratic Peoples' Party met in Chisinau with their voters. The rally was organized to review the results of the Communist's one year governing. At the rally the leaders of the protestors read a list of authorities' mistakes and failures, asked for their resignation and early parliamentary elections

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