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{{Infobox political party

| country = Moldova

| logo_size = 150

| colorcode = yellow

| namecolorcode = {{party color|NOW Platform DA and PAS}}

| native_namename = ACUMNOW PlatformaPlatform DA șiand PAS

| native_name = ACUM Platforma DA și PAS

| logo = ACUM.png

| abbreviation = ACUM

| president = [[Andrei Năstase]] ([[Dignity and Truth Platform Party|DA]])<br/>[[Maia Sandu]] ([[Party of Action and Solidarity|PAS]])

| logo = ACUM.png

| foundation = 16 December 2018

| president = [[Andrei Năstase]] ([[Dignity and Truth Platform Party|DAPPDA]])<br/>[[Maia Sandu]] ([[Party of Action and Solidarity|PAS]])

| dissolution =

| foundation = {{Start date|2018|12|16|df=yes}}

| predecessor = [[Dignity and Truth Platform Party]]<br/>[[Party of Action and Solidarity]]<br/>[[Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova]]<br/>[[National Unity Party (Moldova)|National Unity Party]]

| dissolution = {{Start date|2019|11||df=yes}} (''de facto'')

| ideology = [[Liberalism]]<br>[[Anti-corruption]]<br/>[[Populism]]<br>[[Pro-Europeanism]]<br>[[Liberal democracy]]

| affiliation1_title = Member parties

| position = [[Centrism|Centre]] to [[centre-right]]

| predecessoraffiliation1 = [[Dignity and Truth Platform Party]]<br/>[[Party of Action and Solidarity]]<br/>[[Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova]]<br/>[[National Unity Party (Moldova)|National Unity Party]]

| headquarters = [[Chișinău]]

| ideology = [[Liberalism]]<br>[[Anti-corruption]]<br/>[[PopulismAtlanticism]]<br>[[Pro-Europeanism]]<br>[[Liberal democracy]]

| international =

| headquarters = [[Chișinău]]

| european =

| international =

| seats1_title = [[Parliament of the Republic of Moldova|Parliament]]

| position = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]{{refn|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.csis.org/programs/european-election-watch/moldova|title=Moldova|date=1 November 2020|website=Center for strategic & international studies|access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/moldova.html|title=Moldova|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|year=2019|access-date=17 May 2021|first=Wolfram|last=Nordsieck}}</ref>}}

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|26|101|hex=#e6c300}}

| european = [[European People's Party]]

| colours = [[Yellow]], [[Black (color)|black]], [[Maroon (color)|maroon]]

| seats1_title = Seats in the [[:ro:Legislatura 2019-2023 (Republica Moldova)|10th]] [[Parliament of the Republic of Moldova|Parliament]]

| website = [https://acum.md acum.md]

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|26|101|hex=#e6c300{{party color|NOW Platform DA and PAS}}}}

| colours = {{color box|{{party color|NOW Platform DA and PAS}}|border=darkgray}} {{color box|#5E1510|border=darkgray}} [[Yellow]] and [[maroon]]

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20190414161939/https://acum.md/ acum.md]

}}

Electoral bloc '''NOW Platform DA and PAS''', also({{langx|ro|Blocul knownelectoral as„ACUM Platforma DA și PAS”}}, '''ACUM''',) iswas a [[LiberalismCentre-right politics|liberalcentre-right]]- [[PopulismLiberalism|populistliberal]] political alliance in the Republic of Moldova between two [[pro-European]], [[Antianti-corruption|anti-oligarchic]] parties, [[Party of Action and Solidarity]] (PAS) and [[Dignity and Truth Platform Party]] (PPDA) formed with the aim of joint participation in the [[2019 Moldovan parliamentary election]].

==History==

Since 2016, the idea of strengthening pro-European and anti-[[Oligarchy|oligarchanti-corruption]]ic forces has been circulated, and in 2017 opposition parties PAS and the DA Platform announced that they would form a common platform for the [[2019 Moldovan parliamentary election]].<ref>[https://www.ziarulnational.md/vor-forma-ppda-pas-si-pldm-un-bloc-electoral-in-perspectiva-alegerilor-parlamentare-andrei-nastase-clarifica-lucrurile/ Se vor uni PPDA, PAS și PLDM untr-un BLOC ELECTORAL în perspectiva alegerilor parlamentare? Andrei Năstase clarifică lucrurile] Ziarul Național, 24.10.2016</ref><ref>[http://independent.md/video-pas-si-platforma-da-au-anuntat-oficial-participarea-bloc-la-alegerile-din-2018/#.WhPtmUpl_IU (video) Pas and da platform have officially announced the participation in the elections in 2018] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414180220/http://independent.md/video-pas-si-platforma-da-au-anuntat-oficial-participarea-bloc-la-alegerile-din-2018/#.WhPtmUpl_IU |date=2019-04-14 }} Independent.md, 20 November 2017</ref> 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]] and for the [[2018 Chișinău mayoral election]]. Following the invalidity of the mayor's election, won by the joint candidate [[Andrei Năstase]], the PAS, DA Platform Party, and [[Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova|LDPM]] announced the creation of the National Resistance Movement "Now".<ref>[https://www.dw.com/ro/a-fost-creat%C4%83-mi%C8%99carea-de-rezisten%C8%9B%C4%83-na%C8%9Bional%C4%83-pentru-demolarea-regimului-plahotniuc-plahotniuc-amenin%C8%9B%C4%83-subtil/a-44427138 was created the National Resistance Movement for The "Plahotniuc regime". Plahotniuc is a subtle threat] DW, 27.06.2018</ref>

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 The electoral Committee was registered by the [[Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova]].<ref>[http://www.jurnal.md/ro/news/728a2ee011944bdb/bocul-electoral-acum-platforma-da-si-pas-a-fost-constituit-ne-uneste-dorinta-de-a-pune-rm-pe-fagasul-normalitatii-video.html Video: Electoral bloc now the DA and PAS platform was constituted; "We unites the desire to put RM on the norm of normality"] jurnal.md, 16.12.2018</ref><ref>[https://cec.md/ro/cu-privire-la-inregistrarea-blocului-electoral-acum-platforma-da-si-pas-si-a-sim-2751_91700.html Decision on the registration of Electoral bloc "Now the DA and PAS platform" and the electoral symbol] Central Electoral Commission.</ref> The [[Liberal Democratic Party (Moldova)|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]] (PLDM) and the [[National Unity Party (Moldova)|National Unity Party]] declared(PUN) thedeclared unconditional support for ACUM.<ref>[http://www.jurnal.md/ro/news/0976030c38b38914/pldm-se-alatura-blocului-electoral-acum-pentru-alegerile-din-februarie-2019.html PLDM joins the electoral bloc now for the February 2019 elections] JURNAL.MD, 9.12.2018</ref><ref>[http://www.jurnal.md/ro/news/0a9c38e05dce8be6/plr-sustine-neconditionat-blocul-acum-da-pas-si-isi-indeamna-membrii-si-simpatizantii-sa-faca-acelasi-lucru.html PLR unconditionally supports the DA Pas bloc and Urges members and sympathizers to do the same] jurnal.md, 17.12.2018</ref><ref>[https://unimedia.info/ro/news/585bf582de8ba83d/partidul-unitatii-nationale-nu-va-merge-in-alegerile-parlamentare-din-februarie-2019-pun-va-sustine-blocul-acum-in-cadrul-alegerilor.html (update) The National Unity Party will not go to the parliamentary elections of February 2019. The PUN will support the bloc now in the elections] unimedia.info, 17.12.2018</ref>

The bloc was ''de facto'' dissolved in November 2019 after PAS unilaterally terminated the agreement.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Socor|first=Vladimir|date=23 July 2020|title=Moldova's Pro-Western Parties: Divided and Enfeebled (Part Two)|url=https://jamestown.org/program/moldovas-pro-western-parties-divided-and-enfeebled-part-two/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-20|website=The Jamestown Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref>

==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]] and [[Andrei Năstase]]; The co-Chairpersons of the Political Council are also co-Chairpersons of the electoral bloc;

#6 members of the Political Council – [[Liliana NicolaescuNicolăescu-Onofrei]], [[Igor Grosu]], [[Mihai PopşoiPopșoi]], [[Alexandru Slusari]], [[Inga Grigoriu]], [[Cyril Moțpan]].

==Electoral results==

==References==

<references/>

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center

| seats1_title =+ [[Parliament of the Republic of Moldova|Parliament]]

|-

! rowspan="2" |'''Election'''

! rowspan="2" |Leader

! colspan="5" scope="col" |Performance

! rowspan="2" |Rank

! rowspan="2" |Government

|-

!'''Votes'''

!'''%'''

!'''± pp'''

!'''Seats'''

!'''+/–'''

|-

!rowspan="2" |[[2019 Moldovan parliamentary election|2019]]

|rowspan="2" |[[Maia Sandu]]<br>and [[Andrei Năstase]]

|rowspan="2" |380,181

|rowspan="2" |{{Percentage bar|26.84|hex=FFDD00}}

|rowspan="2" bgcolor="lightgrey" |''New''

|rowspan="2" |{{composition bar|26|101|hex={{party color|NOW Platform DA and PAS}}}}

|rowspan="2" bgcolor="lightgrey" |''New''

|rowspan="2" | 3rd

|{{yes2|[[Sandu Cabinet|Coalition]] ('''ACUM''': {{small|([[Party of Action and Solidarity|PAS]]-[[Dignity and Truth Platform Party|PPPDA]])}}-[[Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova|PSRM]])}}

|-

|{{no2|[[Chicu Cabinet|Opposition]] ('''[[Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova|PSRM]]'''-[[Democratic Party of Moldova|PDM]])}}

|}

==References==

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[[Category:2018 establishments in Moldova]]

[[Category:PoliticalDefunct political party alliances in Moldova]]

[[Category:Liberal parties in Moldova]]

[[Category:Political parties established in 2018]]

[[Category:Political party alliances in Moldova]]

[[Category:Pro-European political parties in Moldova]]