Marian Lupu says dissensions inside government coalition went beyond limits

“The case of the May 9 parade revealed serious divergences inside the government coalition. This is not the first case of the kind, but this time it is far beyond the limits,” the leader of the Democratic Party (PDM) Marian Lupu said in a press briefing on April 29, Info-Prim Neo reports. “The language and method of promoting the opinions, with mutual accusations, shows that the Alliance for European Integration entered a serious phase and only urgent measures can help bring things to normality inside the coalition,” Lupu said. According to Marian Lupu, the sensitive subjects that cause controversy inside the Alliance must be removed from the agenda. The ruling coalition should concentrate all its efforts on solving the problems faced by the society. “Regretfully, the efforts made by the PDM to deal with really important issues are not always fully supported,” Marian Lupu said. According to him, the situation has worsened because the Alliance did not manage to create an efficient mechanism for coordinating the actions of its members. “The latest events showed that the absence of such a mechanism can have dramatic effects. After the July 29 elections, we have made calls to stop the war between the left and the right. Now we have to address these messages to the colleagues from the Alliance as the rivalry between them can lead to irremediable consequences,” Lupu said. “We consider that the government should be efficient. We had dissenting opinions from the very beginning and agreed not to focus on sensitive issues. The present dissensions went beyond limits. The Alliance entered a dramatic, critical stage. There two things we can do now: concentrate on the real development priorities of Moldova, or admit that the election campaign started and work separately on segments of electoral interest. But this is not in accordance with the government program.” As to the parade that will take place in Moscow's Red Square on May 9, Marian Lupu said that Moldovan representatives of all ranks should participate in the event, not only military men and veterans.