The National Council of the Party of Socialists (PSRM) approved the list of candidates for the parliamentary elections of February 24, 2009. Of all the candidates, 40% are women and 30% represent other ethnic groups than the Moldovan one. The party’s president Zinaida Grecheanyi said the list could be yet modified and the first candidate on the list could become the last one. “Everything depends on our common work,” she was quoted by IPN as saying.
Attending the event, President of Moldova Igor Dodon said he will take a decision as to his running in elections on the list of the PSRM after January 20. A decisive step for the country begins today, namely the struggle against Euro-unionists who have been in power for nine years. In the period, the President didn’t manage to come to terms with them. “If you want coop operation to exit between the President, Parliament and the Government, you must support the pro-presidential team, the team of the PSRM. Don’t vote independent candidates in constituencies as these run independently, but then anyway join the Democratic Party. Vote only parties’ candidates,” urged President Igor Dodon.
In the same meeting, the PSRM presented and approved the party’s electoral platform. Among the party’s promises are the augmentation of the salary up to €600 and of the average pension to €300, free access to medical services and education, keeping of the neutrality, switching over to a presidential republic and making of the Baccalaureate exams optional. The Socialists also promise to solve the Transnistrian conflict by dialogue, to maintain the visa-free regime with the EU, to exclude censorship and to ensure the retransmission of Russian news and feature programs on Moldova’s territory.
The PSRM’s candidates for the national constituency are: Zinaida Grecheanyi, Vlad Batrîncea, Ion Ceban, Eduard Smirnov, Bogdan Țîrdea, Ivana Keksal, Alla Dolință, Victor Gaichuk, Ala Pelipetskaya, Vladimir Golovatiuk, Adela Răileanu, Vasile Bolea, Corneliu Furculiță, Grigore Novac, Victor Bologan, Vladimir Odnostalko, Oleg Lipskii, Radu Mudreac, Alexandru Suhodolskii, Vladimir Țurcan, Petru Burduja, Oleg Teterea, Tatiana Cunetski, Adrian Lebedinski, Gaik Vartanian, Adrian Albu, Alla Darovannaya, Petru Corduneanu, Fiodor Gagauz, Anatolie Labuneț, Alexandr Usatyi, Mihai Paciu, Marina Radvan, Nichita Țurcan, Nicolae Pascaru, Grigore Uzun, Irina Lozovan, Gennady Mitriuc, Sergiu Groza, Oleg Savva, Sergey Mishin, Rita Manole, Ala Ursu-Antoci, Lidia Onu, Sergey Basiuc –Brînzei, Olga Rață, Silvia Grigore, Tatiana Muca, Svetlana Popa, Tatiana Corcimari, Tudorița Vangheli, Elena Hrenova, Elena Vîjga, Aliona Briceag, Elena Bratunova.
The Socialists’ candidates in single-member constituencies are: No. 1 – Zinaida Grecheanyi, No. 2 – Elena Lozovanu, No. 3 – Nicolae Melnic, No. 4 – Vladimir Mistrenko, No. 5 – Alexandr Minizyanov, No. 6 – Alexandru Lupashko, No. 7 – Aliona Pelipetskaya, No. 8 – Sergey Groza, No. 9 – Alexandru Usatyi, No. 10 – Alexandr Nesterovski, No. 11 – Oleg Savva, No. 12 – Vasile Luca, No. 13 – Valeriu Ciorici, No. 14 – Alexandru Isac, No. 15 – Ștefan Bolea, No. 16 – Gennady Mitriuc, No. 17 – Pavel Artamonov, No. 18 – Mihai Catraniuc, No. 19 – Mihai Paciu, No. 20 – Veaceslav Anghel, No. 21 – Sergiu Berzan, No. 22 – Lidia Onu, No. 23 – Oleg Lipskii, No. 24 – Vasile Bolea, No. 25 – Alexandr Odintsov, No. 26 – Dinari Cojocaru, No. 27 – Radu Mudreac, No. 28 – Vlad Batrîncea, No. 29 – Adrian Lebedinski, No. 30 – Petru Burduja, No. 31 – Grigore Novac, No. 32 – Svetlana Popa, No. 33 – Vladimir Roșca, No. 34 – Alexandru Mațarin, No. 35 – Oleg Cuciuc, No. 36 – Alexandru Jolnaci, No. 37 – Nicolae Pascaru, No. 38 – Petru Corduneanu, No. 39 – Olesea Brînză, No. 40 – Piotr Pușcari, No. 41 – Aliona Briciag, No. 42 – Vladimir Țurcan, No. 43 – Evgeni Osadchenko, No. 44 – Kiril Tatarlî, No. 45 – Alexandr Suhadolski, No. 46 – Fiodor Găgăuz, No. 47 – Grigore Filipov, No. 48 – Vitalie Eftodiev, No. 49 – (Russia) Gheorghe Para, No. 50 – (EU) Vadim Rotari, and No. 51 – (U.S. and Canada) Gaik Vartanean.
