Fight for presidential office goes on today in repeated election

[UPDATE /10.08/] Those 60 Communist MPs have voted to postpone the sitting for June 3. “Today is God's Ascension, a day of rejoicing and conciliation. It cannot be a day of polemics and statements that may plunge the country into a new electoral campaign,” said Maria Postoico, the leader of the PCRM faction. [UPDATE /10.05/] The PCRM proposes to transfer the session for June 3. [UPDATE /9.55/] 99 MPs out of 101 attend the sitting. Veaceslav Platon (AMN) Dorin Chirtoacă (PL) are not present. [UPDATE /9.55/] “Every AMN member will vote as his conscience is,” states AMN leader Serafim Urecheanu. He says the decision was made after repeated accusations of dictatorship addressed to the party. At the same time he says he trusts every AMN parliamentarian and, generally, all those 41 opposition MPs. [UPDATE /9.50/] Liberal leader Mihai Ghimpu says the Liberal faction goes on standing for early parliamentary elections, free and fair. “We stay loyal to our voters. If they had wanted a Communist president, they would have voted so,” Ghimpu says. [UPDATE /9.39/] We won't betray the opposition's interests, says PCRM parliamentarian Mark Tkaciuk, when asked if there was any dialogue with the PL, PLDM and AMN. [UPDATE /9.35/] It's important that one of those two candidates proposed by the PCRM should gain 61 votes, says Andrei Neguta, being asked by media what his expectations regarding this election are. Repeated elections of the president of the Republic of Moldova will be held today at the Parliament's plenary sitting. Incumbent prime-minister Zinaida Greceanai and Moldova's ambassador to Russia Andrei Neguta run for the office. Both have been proposed by the parliamentary faction of the Communists PCRM). The premier was put forward by 33 Communist MPs, as 16 parliamentarians proposed the ambassador. The opposition advanced no candidates and says it won't attend the election. The PCRM faction holds 60 seats, falling short of just one to elect a president. Early elections will be called, if the Parliament fails to elect a president on May 28. On May 20, the Parliament failed to elect the president. Zinaida Greceanai gained 60 votes, all cast by the Communist MPs. Academician Stanislav Groppa, also advanced by the PCRM, got no ballot.

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