Moldova needs new Constitution - statistics

Over 50 per cent of Moldovans said Moldova needs a new Constituion, whereas 38 per cent of them are quite opposite, according to data put out by the Public Opinion Barometer (BOP), presented by the Institute of Public Policies (IPP) on November 21.

Under BOP data, 67 per cent of respondents of the opinion poll said the new Constitution has to be adopted via a referendum, and only 20.3 per cent said the parliament should deal with it.

IPP director Arcadie Barbarosie said although the sociological research shows that most Moldovans are willing a new Constitution, 65 per cent of respondents think that the official language should be named as Moldovan and only 23 per cent noted that the language's name should be Romanian.

Poll data show that the new Constitution should keep Moldova's neutrality status, according to 73 per cent of respondents. Also, the survey shows that 90.5 per cent of Moldovans think that the country's president has to be elected directly by citizens.

Over 27 per cent of Moldovans do not agree with the parliament's decision to ban using the Communist symbols for the political purposes. The survey was conducted among 1,237 people from 88 populated areas on 30 October -12 November. Its margin of error is 3 per cent. The sociological research was made with the support of the Soros Foundation Moldova.

Adapted from Moldpres