Third edition DE E P E NING E U-MOL DO

To ensure the impartiality of the judiciary, prosecution and law enforcement bodies, and their freedom from political interference and corruption, Moldova is expected to ensure the independent functioning of the Office of the Prosecutor, review the appointment procedures of judges and prosecutors, strengthen the independence of the judiciary, and establish zero tolerance of corruption for the lega. [...] The undemocratic change of the voting system in 2017 and the cancellation of the 2018 local elections in the state capital Chișinău endangered the very existence of the rule of law. [...] The fall of the oligarchic regime and the cancellation of the mixed-system voting in the summer of 2019 did not prevent the entry into parliament of political forces tied to oligarchic networks, such as the exponents of the Democratic Party and the party of Ilan Shor. [...] The Law introduces amendments to the Electoral Code, the Law on Government and the Parliament Regulation setting a minimum of 40% women represented on the electoral lists of political parties, the composition of the government and in the permanent bureau of the elected parliament. [...] In the summer of 2019, the parliamentary majority of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) and the Bloc ACUM, formed after the fall of the oligarchic regime, swiftly voted for an interim prosecutor, following the resignation of the previous prosecutor.