15 ministers and deputy minsters quit posts temporarily

Ministers, deputy ministers and high-ranking officials of the central public administration left their positions for the period of the campaign for the November 28 early legislative elections, Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting a communique from the Central Election Commission. [The Democratic Party of Moldova:] 1. Valeriu Lazar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy 2. Marcel Raducan, Minister of Construction and Regional Development 3. Valentina Buliga, Minister of Labor and Social Protection 4. Oleg Tulea, Deputy Minister and Youth and Sport 5. Dumitru Godoroja, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry 6. Elena Beleacova, director general of the Interethnic Relations Bureau. [The Liberal Party:] 7. Ana Vasilachi, Deputy Minister of Labor, Social Protection and Family 8. Sergiu Ciobanu, Deputy Minister of Economy 9. Ştefan Chitoroagă, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry 10. Nicolae Andronachi, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sport. [The Political Party “For Nation and Country:] 11. Gheorghe Susarenco, Deputy Minister of Justice. [The Moldova Noastra Alliance:] 12. Victor Osipov, Deputy Prime Minister 13. Valeriu Cosarciuc, Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry 14. Leonid Bujor, Minister of Education 15. Alexandru Oleinic, Minister of Information and Communication Technology According to the Election Code, the persons holding important positions whose appointment or election is regulated by the Constitution of Moldova and organic laws quit their posts temporarily after they are registered as election contenders.