Moldovan Liberal MP says talks are tergiversated because of lack of trust
The head of the Liberal Party's (PL) parliamentary faction, Ion Hadirca, has told journalists that coalition negotiations between the former members of the Alliance fort European Integration (AIE) are tergiversated "because of lack of trust." "It is not our problem. They have been dragged out from the very beginning. And it was only natural for the press to try to influence, so that those who consider that they have more rights to make offers display more transparency," Hadirca said.
PL leader Mihai Ghimpu had earlier said that the Liberals want to head the Interior Ministry, the Prosecutor General's Office or the Centre for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption.
After the 28 December parliament meeting, Hadirca told journalists that these subjects were not discussed at the today's round of talks between the leaders of the non-Communist parties.
Commenting on the PL's demand, acting Prime Minister Vlad Filat, who will also serve as acting president until a parliament speaker is elected, said that the Liberals had asked other more important things, but refrained from giving details. "The Liberal Party should take into account the results of the polls, and to act as it promised to: in favour of the creation of the Alliance for European Integration," Filat said. "We have put forward our final offer and will not revise it. If the Liberal Party can negotiate the Prosecutor General's Office or the Anti-Corruption Centre with the Democratic Party (PD), it should proceed with it," Filat said.
Filat said that if a centre-right coalition is created, Democrats' leader Marian Lupu will be elected parliament speaker, and subsequently will be nominated as presidential candidate. "The parliament speaker should be elected before the New Year to designate the prime minister. The cabinet should be appointed immediately after the New Year in order to pass the budget so that the country starts working," Vlad Filat said.
The today's parliament meeting was postponed until 30 December, with MPs saying that they need more time to set up a ruling coalition. Presently, the Democratic Party holds coalition talks with both the Party of Communists as well as the Liberal Democrats and Liberals. No matter what coalition is set up, none of them will have the necessary 61 votes to elect the president.
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