Parliament is convened too late, political leaders

The first sitting of the new Parliament should have been scheduled for an earlier date than August 28, consider the leaders of the four Democratic parties that entered the legislature, Info-Prim Neo reports The decree was issued by the outgoing president of Moldova Vladimir Voronin. “It is a very late date. This shows that the Communists want to hold the present posts as long as possible, but they do not understand that the longer their term in office is, the greater the responsibility because the poverty has depended and they are to blame for this,” said Mihai Ghimpu, the leader of the PL. “If the meeting took place earlier, we had more time at the disposal; we formed the government so that it opened talks with the IMF as we will not be able to pay pensions and salaries soon.” The AMN leader Serafim Urecheanu said that until August 28, the PCRM will look for new possibilities of making the situation tense. “If things developed quicker, we could elect the administration of the country and start work. But they intentionally delay everything as they are afraid of their future,” Urecheanu said. “We have to comply with this decision as Voronin wants again to be in the position of head of state,” said the president of the PLDM Vlad Filat. “This is a legal decision, but given the present political and economic situation, it would have been logical to convene the Parliament earlier. We should not forget that autumn comes after summer and winter after autumn and there appear economic, energy issues and these aspects should be taken account of,” said the PD leader Marian Lupu. The composition of the eighteenth legislature was validated by the Constitutional Court on August 14.