PACE President urges political forces in Moldova to continue dialogue over the ConstitutionStrasbourg, 25.03.2010 – Mevlüt Çavusoglu, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has warmly welcomed the imminent setting up of a parliamentary committee in Moldova to revise Article 78 of the Constitution – concerning the election of the President of the Republic – and said it was “encouraging” that all political forces, including the opposition, have designated representatives to it. The issue of election of the President was “draining too much political and human energy”, which otherwise could be dedicated to solving the pressing needs of the country, he said. He said he appreciated the presence of the opposition in parliament during his earlier address, and appealed to it to stay on: “People elected their representatives because they trusted in their ability to contribute to the parliamentary debate with their ideas and principles. They cannot do this by being absent.” |
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