The Ad-hoc Council for Reforming the Liberal Party (PL) demands that the party should return to the negotiations and convene the Extraordinary Congress for promoting Dorin Chirtoaca to the post of PL chairman. The statement signed by 28 MPs, ministers, deputy ministers and members of the local organizations of the PL was made public in a news conference on April 12, IPN reports.
“Given the current deadlock, we consider that the European course must be maintained straight, in accordance with the undertaken program, by returning to the negotiations that involve the former coalition partners, so as to keep the party’s unity,” said MP Ana Gutu, who is among the signatories of the statement.
The members of the Council said the PL’s Extraordinary Congress should be convened to initiate the democratization of the party’s internal life and to promote Dorin Chirtoaca and other new leaders to the party’s administration. “We approve of the political experience and merits of Mihai Ghimpu, who is one of the prominent leaders of the national liberation movement. But, taking into account the latest political developments in Moldova and the expectations of the PL as a reforming, pro-European party attached to the national values, we consider that it is now the right moment to name Dorin Chirtoaca as party leader,” said Ana Gutu.
She also said that the statement was signed with a view to promoting and maintaining a constructive climate in a democratic and European coalition government. The Council for Reforming the Liberal Party pleads for keeping the party’s position in the ruling alliance, for renewing and democratizing the internal activity based on efficient and collegial communication criteria and a plurality of opinions, for attracting and promoting people based on merits and a healthy competition, and for real democracy in the decision-making process.
The head of the Liberal parliamentary group Ion Hadirca said the statement was formulated taking account of the latest political events and with the aim of preventing the interruption of Moldova’s European development course.
The statement was also signed by MPs Oleg Bordug, Valeriu Saharneanu, Anatol Arhire, Vadim Vacarciuc, and Vadim Cojocaru, ministers Gheorghe Salaru and Vitalie Marinuta, deputy ministers Boris Gherasim, Octavian Bodisteanu, and Tatiana Poting, and a number of heads of local organizations.
