The members of the Council for Reforming the Liberal Party (PL) announced that they will register their own party in autumn. Its name will be decided in the constitution congress. The party’s leader will be elected also then. An organizational committee will gather the signatures needed to register the party, IPN reports.
In a news conference at IPN, members of the Council said the decision was taken by about 250 activists of the PL’s local organizations that met in Costesti, Ialoveni on July 21.
“Given that Dorin Chirtoaca refused categorically to accept the PL members’ and sympathizers’ proposal to run for the chairmanship of the party in the PL’s extraordinary congress and regretting the latest developments in the party, with the current administration of the party initiating the re-creation of the local organizations by abusively substituting their managers and illegally excluding the heavyweights from the party, we consider that we must found a new political party on the right-wing segment,” MP Ana Gutu said, quoting the statement of the Liberal heavyweights who announced the establishment of a new party.
The reformers said they decided to create a new party because the Council for Reforming the Liberal Party has no political prospects as the Liberal leader hampers reformers’ initiatives and the local organizations that support the idea of modernizing the party and naming a new leader. The Liberal Party no longer promotes the European integration idea and serves in the opposition, alongside the Communist Party.
According to MP Ion Hadarca, during the last three months the representatives of the Council worked hard to assert themselves, while the attempts to establish communication inside the party didn’t produce results. The intention to register the new party is supported by half of the PL’s local organizations.
In order to register a party at the Ministry of Justice, there are required more than 4,000 signatures. Three months ago, seven Liberal lawmakers set up the Council for Reforming the Liberal Party, demanding appointing a new leader of the party. Afterward, the seven were excluded from the PL.
