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MoldovaGOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Government: Democracy, with president and
unicameral
legislature, Moldovan Parliament, both popularly elected.
Government composed of president and Council of Ministers.
General Prosecution Office headed by prosecutor general.
New
constitution went into effect August 27, 1994. Two selfproclaimed republics: "Gagauzia," recognized and granted
autonomy; and "Dnestr Moldavian Republic," with an
elected,
extralegal separatist government.
Politics: Leading parties after 1994
parliamentary
elections: Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova, Christian
Democratic Popular Front, Congress of Peasants and
Intellectuals,
Gagauz Halkî, and Yedinstvo/Socialist Bloc.
Foreign Relations: First recognized by Romania;
as of
early 1995, recognized by more than 170 states, including
United
States (December 25, 1991). Foreign diplomatic presence in
Chisinau limited. Relations with Romania influenced by
issue of
reunification of the two countries. Relations with Ukraine
improved as a result of less nationalistic Moldovan
policies;
presence of the Russian 14th Army in Transnistria seen as
a
common threat. Relationship with Russia very tense.
International Agreements and Memberships: Member
of
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, United
Nations,
International Monetary Fund, World Bank, European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, North Atlantic Cooperation
Council, Community of Riparian Countries of the Black Sea.
Observer at General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
and
World Trade Organization (successor to GATT). Alma-Ata
Declaration, creating Commonwealth of Independent States
(CIS),
signed by president December 1991 but not ratified by
Parliament
until April 1994. Member of Commonwealth of Independent
States,
as of April 1994.
Data as of June 1995
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