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A minority like the Gagauz would under the current system have two ways of being represented: by gaining positions at prominent places at the lists of the countrywide parties or by forming minority based parties. The first alternative does not provide sufficient guarantee for representation from the minority. The second would force the Gagauz to give priority to the minority dimension over the regular political dimension, since there will hardly be room for more than one party with representation in the Parliament, and with the current high threshold even that seems unrealistic.