The Ecologist Party and the independent candidate for the parliament, Valentina Cusnir, pulled out from the electoral race in favor of the Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM), Info-Prim Neo reports. The Ecologist Party's announcement was made by Vladimir Braga, the president, at TV debates on TV7 on March 30. Braga argued the voters often scolded him for the dispersion of the democratic parties. But he said the closest platform for the greens was the one of the PLDM, which accepted some desiderata of the Ecologists. Valentina Cusnir argued her withdrawal in the PLDM's favor by “getting rid of the PCRM and the PPCD.” “I weighed it very well in whose favor I should retreat. I had two options: the Liberal Party and the Liberal Democratic Party. I considered their platform and actions and resolved to withdraw in the favor of the PLDM, which committed to fulfill my electoral program and especially to ensure the right of the citizens abroad to vote,” Valentina Cusnir has told Unimedia info portal, quoted by Info-Prim Neo. She says she will announce her retreated at a debate on Moldova 1 tonight, and will give a news conference tomorrow. Asked by Info-Prim Neo, the PLDM's press service has specified that the retreat of those two competitors had not been discussed with the PLDM.