On Friday, March 23, Parliament declared two seats vacant for MPs of the communists’ faction. The two vacancies appeared after the appointment of Galina Balmos as Minister of Social Protection, Family and Child and the death of Albert Datco. The candidates following on the PCRM list for the MP office are Vladimir Panfilov and Elena Parpalova, placed 70 and 71 correspondingly. PCRM holds 55 seats out of 101 in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. Recently, MP Gheorghe Mustata was excluded from the PCRM faction.