Dec 01 2024 37 mins 1
This time, we analyze the October 2024 presidential election and EU membership referendum that were held in Moldova on the same day.
Mr. Nicolae Panfil from Promo-LEX claims that the referendum turned out to be a “double-edged sword” in the campaign of incumbent head-of-state Maia Sandu: it did boost the president’s pro-EU image, yet it also gave a momentum to the pro-Russia machinery in the country.
By now, Sandu’s Party of Action and Solidarity absorbed all political power and marginalized other pro-EU forces. They were overconfident in the campaign and did not build alliances with opposition actors or NGOs, nor did they communicate any concrete message about their political visions on the country’s future other than EU-accession – our guest expert added.
Meanwhile, the pro-Russia opposition could effectively capitalize on the poor people’s disappointment in the government by exploiting the different toolkit of hybrid warfare: disinformation, vote buying, pyramid-like political network building, and corruption – Mr. Panfil concluded.
Listen to our newest podcast for more details and exciting facts about the social, cultural, geographic, and demographic background of the campaign and the ballot.
With the help of guest experts and politicians, in the podcast series of MCC’s Centre for Political Science we endeavor to analyze which actors are the real winners of the parliamentary and municipal elections taking place this year in different European countries and what exactly can be considered a real victory after the ballot counts.
