The “Democracy at Home” Party participated in consultations regarding the nomination of Moldova’s Prime Minister, fulfilling one of its constitutional duties. However, the party expressed strong disagreement and indignation toward what it calls unacceptable practices by the Presidency, which violate the separation of powers and the spirit of the law.

“The fact that Mrs. Maia Sandu drafted the candidate list was not an exception, but a governing style: the president makes the lists, runs the campaign, and appoints the prime minister without consulting parliamentary parties, in defiance of Moldovan legislation and with no respect for the sovereign will of the people,” the statement reads.

The party argues that naming the prime minister a week before consultations shows disregard for the Constitution and signals a political direction: Moldova will be governed from the Presidency, sidelining Parliament. The government becomes an extension of the Presidency, not of the legislative body, as the law stipulates.

Party leader Vasile Costiuc emphasized: “This blatant violation of the spirit and letter of the Constitution is a serious warning: Moldova is heading East, not West. The Presidency is starting to resemble the Kremlin more than European institutions. Moldovan citizens voted for Democracy, for Europe, and for Romania — not for Dictatorship, Eurasia, and the Russian Federation.”