Democratic quartet continue talks on “Moldova’s future”

The leaders of the four democratic parties have continued on Monday their talks about the “future of the Republic of Moldova”, the way the coalition will work and different aspects of the future government. According to Vlad Filat, Mihai Ghimpu, Marian Lupu and Serafim Urecheanu, the subject of sharing positions in the future government hasn’t been discussed, Info-Prim Neo reports. The four leaders met today for the third time after the elections. After nearly two hours of talks at the Moldova Noastra Alliance premises, they briefed reporters on the course of the negotiations, showing confidence in their outcome. Liberal Party leader Mihai Ghimpu has said the talks go smooth and don’t focus on the subject of sharing positions but on the problems of the country. Ghimpu says that “every one of us can occupy any post, it’s important that we pull Moldova out of the socioeconomic crisis and direct it towards the European Union, towards a state based on the rule of law, where people could feel that the law works, that there is a government employed in their service”. “We are holding talks today so that we avoid the situation occurring in the Chisinau City Council from repeating”, said Ghimpu. “We are on the right path”, declared Liberal Democratic Party president Vlad Filat. He went on to say that the negotiations are a natural process which may take a while. “We discuss things concerning principles and ways the coalition can work”. Filat denied press reports that the negotiators have been sharing the top positions in the government, describing them as “early and even provocative”. But he said that the results of the elections would be taken into account when such talks eventually occur. The leader of the Moldova Noastra Alliance, Serafim Urecheanu hailed the talks as “promising, positive” and “reassuring for the society”. Urecheanu reiterated that no position sharing has been discussed. For his part, Democratic leader Marian Lupu said the participants in the talks regard the quality of the negotiations as the most important thing. “We prefer to talk the smallest details now in their complexity so as to have the whole picture, because this is what we aim for, demonstrating that this is a potent, sustainable common position”, he said. He added that all the parties were “good negotiators”. The four political groupings will have a combined number of 53 out of 101 seats in Parliament if they manage to form a coalition.