Four political parties – the Democratic Party (PDM), the Moldova Noastra Alliance (AMN), the Republican Party (PRM) and the Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM) – have joined the National Anticorruption Pact launched seven days ago by the Social-Political Movement “Actiunea Europeana” (MAE). The pact is to be implemented during the first six months of the appointment of the new government, the organization’s president Anatol Petrencu said at a news conference hosted by Info-Prim Neo on March 11. “We consider that this fact is a step forward that gives us hope that the MAE will manage to form a Democratic pole in the near future to fight state mafia and thefts,” Anatol Petrencu said. Vitalia Pavlicenco, candidate on behalf of the MAE, considers that the parties’ decision to join the pact show political will to crate a framework that would enable to hold those suspected of corruption accountable. Anatol Petrencu said that the pact remains open for signing, but the Communist Party is not invited to sign it. This party is corrupt in essence, while the other parties can be still saved from the ‘corruption virus’, he said. “The only solution in the case of the Communists and their acolytes, PPCD, PSD and UCM, is the isolation and immediate removal from power.” Petrencu also said that the MAE will not take part in the formation of a government coalition if its program does not include a coherent plan of measures aimed at combating corruption. According to MAE data, Moldova’s budget loses 1.5 billion dollars a year as a result of missing of grants and loans with low rates of interest, putting of unofficial taxes and other illegalities. On Thursday, March 12, the MAE will hold a debate meeting themed “Partnership for Moldova. Anticorruption Solutions for Alleviating Poverty”. Representatives of 20 NGOs, ambassadors and mass media representatives have been invited to the event.