Vladimir Voronin decided to stay in spotlight after parliamentary elections

President Vladimir Voronin is determined to stay in the spotlight after the parliamentary elections, regardless of the office he will hold. He stated this at a telecast Friday evening aired by NIT TV station. “It;s clear I'll be a parliamentarian. The party will decide if I will be an ordinary parliamentarian or in some other position. They speak already that I decided to be the president of the Parliament. Nothing is decided yet, to work 8 years as a president is a hard job,” Vladimir Voronin is quoted by Info-Prim Neo as stating. He said he cannot pull back in an important state for Moldova, in the wake of the European integration, “when the future for hundreds of years ahead is being decided.” “I will always be with the people, regardless of the position I'll hold,” the president said. Vladimir Voronin added the Parliament will decide on the election date earlier in February and asked the future electoral competitors “not to lie to voters and not to make unachievable promises.” The president had but good words about the Communist rule of the last 8 years, especially referring to the advancement on the ways of the European integration, that he called “a phenomenal leap forward”, to reforms in medicare, to bigger salaries and investments. Then he criticized the opposition for not having the capacity to continue the started reforms. Asked to comment the accusations of him being an authoritarian leader, Voronin gave the comparison with the family where there should be a father. “If there is no father in the family, nothing is going to be successful and the children will be miserable,” the president said. Vladimir Voronin was elected as president in April 2001 and re-elected in 2005, and may not hold a new mandate.