After the President is invested, the Democratic Party of Moldova (PDM) will withdraw its representatives from the Cabinet, the party’s president Pavel Filip stated after the joint meeting of the PDM Executive Bureau and heads of the party’s local organizations, IPN reports.

In a press briefing, Pavel Filip said they adopted a declaration of the party. “The PDM decided to withdraw its representatives from the Cabinet, immediately after the investiture of the elected President, so as to offer this the possibility of building efficient cooperation relations with the legislature and the executive, in accordance with the constitutional provisions and the citizens’ vote,” he stated.

The president of the PDM reiterated that the party’s member subscribe to the European and Social-Democratic values. The Democrats consider that after two years of political instability, after pandemic, economic crisis and severe drought, the snap parliamentary elections would be a catastrophe for the country.

As to the presidential runoff, the politician said the PDM remains neutral and urges its members and supporters to vote according to the values they embrace.