Moldova: Large portion of small left-wing party migrates to Democrats
A considerable number of members of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and local SDP organizations announced that they were leaving to join the Democratic Party.
The defectors announced that they represent about 11,000 members, which is about two-thirds of the total number of local organizations.
SDP is a small left-wing party led by former Prime Minister Dumitru Braghis. It did not gain any seats during the two legislative elections in 2009.
In the last few months, there have been some shifts on the left side of the political spectrum in the country. The Democratic Party, which is headed by Communist defector Marian Lupu, has announced that it seeks to consolidate the center-left in order to be able to compete with the Party of Communists.
Mr. Lupu is popular with a considerable number of Moldovans and is likely to win the presidential seat if direct elections are held. As a result, the Democrats are a rising force in Moldovan politics and have attracted more and more support and members of other parties. The SDP defectors seem to be part of this trend.
Imedia
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