On Tuesday, 20 January 2026, during the second session of the Conference “Open Dialogue on Integrity and Good Governance in the New Parliament”, organized by the Association of Independent Press (API) and the Association for Participatory Democracy (ADEPT), ADEPT will present the analysis “From Promises to Governance”.

The conference aims to create a space for debate on integrity and good governance challenges in the context of the new parliamentary legislature and brings together MPs from all parliamentary factions, representatives of the Government and the Ministry of Justice, control and regulatory institutions (the National Integrity Authority and the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office), anti-corruption experts, opinion leaders, and development partners.

The analysis “From Promises to Governance”, conducted by ADEPT in its capacity as an independent center for analysis and consultancy in public policy, assesses the level of coherence between the electoral commitments undertaken by the Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) during the 2025 parliamentary election campaign and the Governance Program “EU, Peace, Development” for the period 2025–2029.

The study shows that, overall, the Governance Program maintains the strategic direction assumed during the electoral campaign—European integration, justice reform, security consolidation, economic modernization, and the expansion of social rights—but frequently recalibrates commitments by shifting the emphasis from outcome-based promises to process-oriented objectives and by applying an uneven level of operationalization.

The analysis is structured around five key public policy areas:

• European integration – an area in which the Program is more cautious and technical than the electoral platform, reducing explicit political ambition (EU accession) to procedural objectives (completion of negotiations by 2028).

• Justice – a sector with a high degree of thematic continuity, particularly regarding vetting, but vulnerable in key areas such as combating corruption and asset recovery due to the lack of clear implementation tools.

• Human rights – an uneven approach, with clearer progress in education, health, and the inclusion of persons with disabilities, but significant omissions related to gender-based violence, media freedom, and the political rights of the diaspora.

• Security and defense – strategic and conceptual coherence, especially through linking security, diplomacy, and European integration, but without a detailed operational action plan.

• Economic and social development – the area with the greatest discrepancies, marked by the abandonment of some core promises (affordable housing) and the reformulation of others through lower absolute targets compared to the initial electoral commitments.

Across sectors, the study identifies three major risks to implementation: dependence on external funding (especially the EU Growth Plan), deficits in administrative capacity and human resources, and the absence of a clear framework for monitoring progress.

Overall, ADEPT experts conclude that the Governance Program is coherent in orientation but incomplete as a public policy instrument, which may affect both the effective delivery of promises and the assessment of political accountability toward the electoral mandate granted by voters.

This product was developed within the project “Informed Choice 2025”, implemented by the Association for Participatory Democracy ADEPT with the financial support of the Soros Foundation Moldova. The content and opinions expressed in these materials belong exclusively to ADEPT and do not necessarily reflect the position or views of the donor.