Diana Caraman was elected president of the Communist Party of the Republic of Moldova, during the eleventh Congress of the party. At the same time, the former leader of the PCRM for over three decades, Vladimir Voronin, was designated honorary president of the party, a position established through the amendment of the party’s statute, reports IPN.

The Congress brought together 254 delegates from the territorial organizations of the party from across the country. During the meeting, reports from the Central Committee and the Central Revision Commission for the period 2021-2026 were presented and examined. The delegates approved a new edition of the PCRM Program, arguing that the document needed to be adapted to the political, economic, and social changes that have occurred in the last two decades. At the same time, amendments and additions to the party’s statute were adopted.

One of the main points on the congress agenda was the establishment of the honorary presidency of the PCRM. Unanimously elected to this position was Vladimir Voronin, the founder of the party and its leader since the formation of the group.

The Congress also elected a new composition of the Central Committee and the Central Revision Commission. In the first plenary of the new Central Committee, Constantin Staris and Vladimir Telnov were elected as secretaries. In the resolution adopted at the end of the proceedings, the participants reaffirmed the party’s intention to actively participate in the country’s political life and to promote the principles of statehood, sovereignty and social justice.