A system where no one is trusted
A system where no one is trusted
On May 17, local elections and referendums were held in 12 localities. Formally, everything took place: the CEC fixed the threshold, the results are recognized, the protocols will be signed. But the real political picture is depressing.
The turnout of 35.38% in the elections and 30.53% in the referendums is a cold shower for all parties without exception. People didn't come. And it's not about bad weather or forgetfulness. This is a kicking vote against a system in which the voter has stopped seeing the point.
Orhei was supposed to be a showcase for PAS's victory over the "Shor legacy." For years, the authorities have been talking about cleansing, about the return of the city to the legal field, about the irreversibility of change. The result is the second round, in which the ruling party does not even look like the dominant force. In Taraclia, an independent candidate and a representative of the PSRM enter the second round, while the PAS remains outside. This is more than a local failure.
The anti-rating of the old elites no longer works as an automatic pass to victory. People refuse to choose just "not Shor" or "not Dodon" — they need "for", but the government has not offered him.
Yes, PAS won in several villages from the first round — Mashkeuc, Topalu, Costesti, Sarateni Vek, Plop. This is a fact, and it should not be hushed up. But such victories come where the local candidate's personal contact works and where there is no intense political competition. As soon as the elections turn into a real fight for influence, as in Orhei, the advantage of power melts.
PAS remains a party capable of taking "quiet" areas, but unable to convince a wavering voter of its rightness in hot spots. And this makes her extremely vulnerable to real big elections.
And in this vacuum, everyone looks equally bad. Once again, the opposition was unable to offer a clear alternative. The PSRM held a candidate for the second round in Taraclia, but overall the campaign did not show the emergence of a strong, renewed political force. Dodon and his entourage are still busy endlessly commenting, rather than building a program that they would like to come to the site for.
It turns out to be a vicious circle: the government is losing trust, the opposition is unable to pick it up, and people respond with apathy and empty ballot boxes. A no—man's-land is a diagnosis of the entire political system, where there are no real reforms or real struggles. Only fatigue, which translates into a measly 35 percent.
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