Dignity and Truth Platform Party

The Dignity and Truth Platform Party (Romanian: Partidul Platforma Demnitate și Adevăr, PPDA; stylized as “Platforma DA”, or “YES Platform”) is a centre-right political party in Moldova led by Andrei Năstase, a lawyer and former prosecutor. It was established in December 2015 in the context of the long-term anti-government demonstrations. The party calls for far-reaching change in the political establishment. The Party became an Observer Member of the European People's Party in 2017.

This article is about the Moldovan centre-right political party abbreviated as PPDA. For other uses, see PPDA (disambiguation).
Dignity and Truth Platform Party

Partidul Platforma Demnitate și Adevăr
AbbreviationPPDA
ChairmanAndrei Năstase[1]
FoundedDecember 2015
Preceded byForce of the People Party
HeadquartersChișinău, Moldova
Membership (2018)14,000
IdeologyPopulism
Liberalism[2]
Anti-corruption[2]
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationNow Platform[3]
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (observer)[4]
Parliament
11 / 101
District Presidents
0 / 32
Website
platformada.md

History

On February 24th, 2015, an initial group that consisted of 14 people, including journalists, analysts, and social activists, announced the creation of a movement they called the Dignity and Truth Platform. The stated purpose of this movement was to serve as a government watchdog. The Platform has organized meetings in which people have expressed their dissatisfaction with the government. Almost one year after the protests, the leaders of the Platform decided to create a new political party.

Ideology

The party leadership has expressed opposition to what they characterized as the "oligarchic mafia government" of Vladimir Plahotniuc. They support early elections to form a pro-EU reformist government.[5]

Election results

Presidential elections
Election year Candidate First round Second round
Votes % Rank Votes % Rank
2016 supported Maia Sandu (PAS)
2020 Andrei Năstase 43,924 3.26 5th supported Maia Sandu (PAS)

Legislative elections
Year Alliance Votes % Seats +/− Government
2019 ACUM 380,181 26.84
12 / 101
 12 PPDA-PAS-PSRM

References
  1. "Andrei Năstase, ales preşedinte al Partidului Platforma Demnitate şi Adevăr din Republica Moldova". Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Moldova". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  3. "Lansarea Angajamentelor ACUM". acum.md. 9 February 2019.
  4. "Action and Solidarity Party and Platform "Dignity and Truth" become members of European People's Party". moldova.org. December 5, 2017.
  5. "Eastern Partnership Poster Child Breaks Bad. Again". Retrieved 18 December 2015.
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