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On July 11th, Moldovans went to the polls and voted decisively for change. President Maia Sandu’s Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won a landslide victory over their pro-Russian rival, the Communist and Socialist Block. PAS netted 63 seats in the nation’s 101 seat Parliament, giving them the largest single- party governing majority since 2005.[1]. While many commentators abroad frame the election results in terms of “East vs. West” geopolitical implications, the election turned on a very different issue.” Sunday’s vote demonstrated that in a nation torn between kleptocracy and the rule of law, the citizens of Moldova overwhelmingly voted for a future based on the rule of law.