Electoral bloc NOW Platform DA and PAS (, ACUM) was a

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political alliance in the Republic of Moldova between two

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parties,

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(PAS) and

Dignity and Truth Platform Party The Dignity and Truth Platform Party (, PPDA), stylized as Platforma DA or YES Platform, is a centre-right, liberal political party in Moldova promoting pro-Europeanism and anti-corruption. Established as the ''Force of the People Party'' in ...

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

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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

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and for the 2018 Chișinău mayoral election. Following the invalidity of the mayor's election, won by the joint candidate

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, 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 Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova. The

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(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

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(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 –

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and

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

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, Inga Grigoriu, Cyril Moțpan.

Electoral results

References

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