Moldovan non-parliamentary opposition refuses to step aside
The parliamentary opposition has proposed that the opposition parties that failed to enter parliament on 5 April 2005 should not participate in the forthcoming early election in order not to give extra mandates to the Communist Party in the future parliament. In exchange, the parliamentary opposition promised to give these parties posts in the new government. The proposal was made by the opposition leaders during the "In Depth" programme aired live by ProTV Chisinau last night. However, some politicians whose parties did not enter parliament on 5 April rejected the offer.
"When will it be known how the three parties will participate in the early election?, asks the presenter of the "In Depth" programme.
Mihai Ghimpu, leader of the Liberal Party: We will be together regardless of whether we will participate in the election separately or on a common list. We are a united opposition.
Serafim Urecheam, leader of the Our Moldova Alliance: I believe it would be better to master as many votes as possible in order to form the government on our own. But how we will participate in the election, this is another problem. I invite those parties which stand no chances of crossing the election threshold, if they are indeed patriots and politicians who understand the situation currently faced by the Republic of Moldova, to support those who have chances to enter the next parliament. For our part, we guarantee to hire them when we will come to power.
Presenter: What does it mean to hire?
Ghimpu: To hire means to form the government.
Dumitru Diacov, leader of the non-parliamentary Democratic Party: "These recommendations look very much like the recommendations and requests made earlier by the Communists when they asked us t o support their candidate."
Presenter, addressing Diacov: At what stage are the negotiations with the Moldovan Centrist Union and the Social Democratic Party as regards a possible joint participation in the early election?
Diacov: One thing is clear: there will be a democratic majority with the votes from the centre-right spectrum.
The Christian Democratic Popular Party, former parliament speaker Iurie Rosca, said that his party will participate in the snap election on its own.
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