Arcadie Barbarosie, director of the Public Policy Institute (IPP), considers that the PLDM’s decision to withdraw Victor Bodiu from the electoral race was well though out, especially because the last surveys showed Victor Bodiu had minimum chances of winning. ”Vlad Filat caught several rabbits at once. Firstly, he refuted the rumors that the PLDM was preparing to form a coalition with the Communists. Secondly, Mister Filat forces the Democratic Party to follow his example,” Arcadie Barbarosie stated for Info-Prim Neo. According to the analyst, Mihai Godea is also forced to withdraw his candidacy. Arcadie Barbarosie said that Vlad Filat put Mihai Godea in an unfavorable light as the latter argued he left the PLDM also because it had plans to form a coalition with the PCRM. Asked if the Liberal mayor Dorin Chirtoaca has chances of winning the elections by the first round, Arcadie Barbarosie said it would be possible if the PDM’s candidate Valentina Buliga and independent candidate Mihai Godea also abandoned the race.