The head of the Liberal-Democratic parliamentary group Valeriu Strelet said the votes given by the faction in the May 3 sitting of Parliament do not endanger Moldova’s European course. At the same time, the March 5 vote of the PDM, by which the Government was dismissed, represented an element of the destruction of this course. The reaction comes after the Democratic leader Marian Lupu said some of the European officials consider that certain laws adopted on Friday may stop the European integration process and the negotiation of the Association Agreement with the EU, IPN reports.

“The PLDM will certainly maintain its strategic European integration vector and will continue to contribute to the achievement of this goal. I don’t think that somebody can challenge our party’s contribution to Moldova’s European integration,” said Valeriu Strelet.

He also said that the PDM lately resorted to blackmail and pressure, demanding voting for bills that sometimes didn’t fully respect the law. As to the adoption of a number of bills at the end of April, including those on the joint electoral system and the elimination of Soviet-type passports, Valeriu Strelet said that their passing was a mistake, but they voted for them under the pressure exerted by the PDM.

According to Strelet, the voting for a number of bills together with the PCRM in the May 3 sitting of Parliament was a much more justified and conscious act as they managed to take a series of instruments out of the influence of a political party. These instruments, including the Prosecutor General’s Office, the National Anticorruption Center, and the Constitutional Court, kept the Moldovan people hostage.

In the May 3 sitting of Parliament, the Liberal-Democratic and Communist MPs passed a number of bills that gave more powers to the interim Premier and the dismissed Government, allowed transferring the National Anticorruption Center from Parliament’s management to the Government’s, and enabled the MPs to dismiss the Constitutional Court judges. The bill banning voting with Soviet-type passports was abrogated, while the March 5 censure motion was interpreted.