The PCRM candidate, Oleg Reidman, gave a news conference on July at which he replied to charges related to the economic policies of the ruling party, brought about by its electoral opponents. Reidman made a list of economic issues discussed by society during this period, on which he evinced his party's positions. When asked by Info-Prim Neo's reporter how a party staying in power for 8 years feels about Moldova remaining the poorest country of Europe, Oleg Reidman has answered: “We feel we did it right”. “Except for 2009 with its crisis, no year passed without recording growths of salaries, pensions, social indemnities, the state budget, investments,” said the former presidential advisor in charge with the economic affairs. “We cannot say the party must feel proud and happy, because it would have been better if the results had been bigger,” he specified. “Some applauded when the International Monetary Fund left,” said Oleg Reidman, meaning opposition politicians. He explains the halt in the relations with the IMF is a natural procedure since the country does not have a parliament. Referring to the relations with the IMF, Reidman has said that in 2002, when they were frozen, it was because of the IMF's stance, “which was accustomed with the 90s governments. They did what the IMF told them to”. “But to us they said to come up with proposals that they may endorse,” Reidman stated. Speaking about the 500-million-dollar loan promised by Russia, Oleg Reidman has said now its conditions are negotiated. “The loan was accepted in order to counterbalance the debts from the West and this is to confirm our policy according to which Moldova is where its interests are,” he said. He slapped the statements of the analysts that the PCRM calls “glamorous” and about whom it thinks as making the opposition's game, that the leu was artificially maintained and would fall after the elections. “Because of those statements, society started to worry and lost money because they hurried to exchange their lei for other currencies.” He has added the National Bank really used its reserves to prevent a sudden fall, “but that's why those reserves are for. In May they started to grow,” said candidate 34 on the Communists' list for parliament.