Problematyka przywództwa politycznego w Republice Mołdawii w latach 1989-2009 [The Problem of Political Leadership in the Republic of Moldova during the 1989-2009 period]

Abstract

Analyzing the questions of political leadership in the period between the year 1989 and 2009, it is essential to indicate the aims and stages of the series of changes and, expressed mainly by the level the political elites' development and parliamentary elections. After 1989, a total collapse of the Soviet ideological monopoly has taken place, not only in Moldova, but also in other socialist countries, therefore shaping a new set of rules governing the political life and leadership. Changes of the system that have taken place in the Republic of Moldova should be treated as a result of the following factors: the formation of the independence movement and the National Front, and the global and logistics support of the international institutions to strengthen the statehood and the social affirmation in the country. Since its independence, the Republic of Moldova, witnesses an ongoing struggle for shaping the state regime and the future model of political leadership. Years 1991-2009 have become a visible example of a leadership characterized as authoritarian and autocratic. Political elites were characterized as "disabled" in relation to the role of Russia in the region. This condition has still been observed , despite many reforms that have been introduced. The institution of political leadership in the Republic of Moldova in 1989-2009 was deprived of social authority, which in turn made the country's political system a non-consolidated one. More Info: M. Sikora-Gaca, Problematyka przywództwa politycznego w Republice Mołdawii w latach 1989-2009, [w:] Przywództwo polityczne w Polsce i na świecie, pod red. M. Hartlińskiego, seria wydawnicza "Forum Politologiczne", tom 15, Olsztyn 2013, s. 323-348.