Electoral bloc NOW Platform DA and PAS (ACUM; ro, Blocul electoral „ACUM Platforma DA și PAS”) was a

centre-right Centre-right politics lean to the right of the political spectrum, but are closer to the centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and m ...

liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

political alliance in the Republic of Moldova between two

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parties,

Party of Action and Solidarity The Party of Action and Solidarity ( ro, Partidul Acțiune și Solidaritate, PAS) is a liberal political party in Moldova. The PAS was founded by Maia Sandu, the former Minister of Education and the incumbent president of Moldova. A pro-Europ ...

(PAS) and

Dignity and Truth Platform Party The Dignity and Truth Platform Party ( ro, Partidul Politic „Platforma Demnitate și Adevăr”, PPDA), stylized as Platforma DA or YES Platform, is a centre-right, liberal political party in Moldova promoting pro-Europeanism and anti-corru ...

(PPDA) formed with the aim of joint participation in the

2019 Moldovan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 24 February 2019 in order to elect the 101 members of the Parliament of Moldova. The Constitution holds that elections are to be held no later than four years and three months from the date of inau ...

History

Since 2016, the idea of strengthening pro-European and

forces has been circulated, and in 2017 opposition parties PAS and the DA Platform announced that they would form a common platform for the

. The strengthening of opposition forces also reflected in the designation of a joint candidate from the PAS and the DA platform for

2016 Moldovan presidential election Presidential elections were held in Moldova on 30 October 2016. They were the first direct presidential elections since 1996 and followed a declaration by the Constitutional Court on 4 March 2016 that the 2000 constitutional revision that led to t ...

and for the

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. Following the invalidity of the mayor's election, won by the joint candidate

Andrei Năstase Andrei Năstase (born 6 August 1975) is a Moldovan politician serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs from 8 June 2019 to 12 November 2019. He was member of Parliament of Moldova in 2019. Năstase has been leader of Di ...

, the PAS, DA Platform Party, and LDPM announced the creation of the National Resistance Movement "Now". On 16 December 2018, the PAS and the DA Platform, Maia Sandu and Andrei Năstase, signed the agreement establishing ACUM for the parliamentary elections of 24 February 2019, and on 21 December 2018 the bloc was registered by the

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. The Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM) then joined the bloc "NOW DA/PAS", and some representatives of the PLDM found themselves in the list of the bloc's candidates on the national constituencies, and others will run from the bloc in some uninominal districts. In turn, the

Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova The Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova ( ro, Partidul Liberal Democrat din Moldova, PLDM) is a conservative political party in Moldova. The party is led by Tudor Deliu. Until 2016, PLDM was led by Vlad Filat, who was Prime Minister of Moldova fr ...

(PLDM) and the

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(PUN) declared unconditional support for ACUM. The bloc was ''de facto'' dissolved in November 2019 after PAS unilaterally terminated the agreement.

Structure

According to its founding agreement, the electoral bloc "NOW Platform DA and PAS" is headed by the Political Council consisting of 8 members, of which: #2 co-presidents of the Political Council –

Maia Sandu Maia Sandu (; born 24 May 1972) is a Moldovan politician who has been the President of Moldova since 24 December 2020. She is the former leader of the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) and former Prime Minister of Moldova from 8 June 2019 u ...

and

; The co-Chairpersons of the Political Council are also co-Chairpersons of the electoral bloc; #6 members of the Political Council –

Liliana Nicolăescu-Onofrei Liliana Nicolaescu-Onofrei (born 6 November 1968) is a Moldovan politician. She served as Minister of Education, Culture and Research from 8 June 2019 to 14 November 2019 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Maia Sandu. References ...

Igor Grosu Igor Grosu (born 30 November 1972) is a Moldovan politician who is the President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova since 29 July 2021. He has been a member of the Moldovan Parliament since March 2019. Grosu has been the leader (at fi ...

, Mihai Popșoi,

Alexandru Slusari Alexandru Slusari (born 11 July 1974) is a Moldovan politician. Biography He was the chairman of the Republican Association of the Agricultural Producers “UniAgroProtect” (2010-2017). Before, from 2013 by 2015, he was the deputy head of the ...

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Electoral results

References

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