The Party of Socialists is putting forward four conditions to the Eurointegration Alliance with the intention to overcome the political crisis. If left unheard, the party reserves the right to “resort to more categorical measures to defend Moldova's democracy and Constitution”, Socialist leader Igor Dodon told a news conference. The first demand is for the presidential elections to be conducted no later than in February. “We think that there is a real chance to elect a President within the current constitutional format. There are the necessary conditions to elect an unaffiliated President, based on a broad political consensus, considering that the opposition and civil society, as well as some members of the ruling coalition have recognized it as a perfectly democratic solution”, said Igor Dodon. In case the two attempts to elect a President fail, Parliament should be dissolved and early elections should be scheduled for June or July the latest, according to the Socialists. If early elections are called, the Socialists suggest that a referendum should be conducted concomitantly to simplify the procedure of electing the President and to transfer some presidential prerogatives to the legislature. Finally, the Socialists request the introduction of a partly single-member system for legislative elections. If this proposal is supported in Parliament, it should be put up for a referendum, Dodon suggested. Asked what “categorical measures” the party had in mind, Dodon said these would be “various ways to defend democracy”, without being specific. “If we see that the Alliance continues to act against the Constitution and the law and that there is a great part of the people who is unsatisfied, our response will be quite drastic. What is this response going to be? Let's give the Alliance a chance first”, said Igor Dodon. The Alliance earlier announced that a constitutional referendum would be conducted in April the latest to ease the rules for electing the President of Moldova.