Moldovan opposition Communists condition participation in presidential election
The opposition Party of Communists (PDCM) is ready to participate in the election of the president; it does not demand state posts and does not insist to return to power, but it will not back Democrat leader Marian Lupu's candidacy for the presidential seat, PCRM leader Vladimir Voronin has said. Lupu is the presidential candidate of the ruling alliance.
"Even if a coalition [between the Communists and] with the Democratic Party were created, the PCRM would not have voted for Marian Lupu. He would have been elected parliament speaker, not more. He has never been a good [presidential] candidate. Had he been so, he would have been elected at the 2009 plenary session of the PCRM, when we put forward the candidacy of Zinaida Greceanii for the presidential office," Voronin told a TV programme.
He added that there are several persons who deserve to be nominated for this office and who would be backed by the PCRM. Voronin did not rule out the possibility of nominating a Communist candidate.
Voronin said that the idea of a grand coalition was still in force, noting that it could be a temporary decision, just for the election of the president. "We do not demand anything in exchange for our participation in the election of the president, if the candidate is a non-political personality. If Marian Lupu is nominated, the PCRM will boycott the voting," he said.
The Communist leader said that the ruling Alliance for European Integration (AIE) was taking efforts to make sure that the PCRM would give the two votes it is short of to elect the president. Yet, he noted that he trusts his party. Voronin said that the PCRM did not want early polls and added that the AIE will be responsible for the situation, if it does not accept the Communists' conditions.
In 10 days, the Constitutional Court is to adopt a decision on the deadline for the election of the head of state. If the lawmakers fail to elect a president, Moldova might face the third early parliamentary polls in a row, after the ones in June 2009 and November 2010.
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