Acting President Voronin refuses to accept written invitation for "dialogue" from Alliance leaders

Acting President Vladimir Voronin refused to take a written invitation for "dialogue" from Liberal Democratic Party head Vlad Filat. Mr. Filat is also one of the Alliance for European Integration leaders.

Right after M.P.s picked up their identification cards, Mr. Filat went up to Mr. Voronin with a piece of paper and tried to hand it to the President. Mr. Voronin told him to "give it to [Communist M.P.] Mandru." The two then turned their backs on each other and left.

Mr. Filat told the press that "I have the impression that he [Mr. Voronin] has not come back from vacation yet and is not in contact with reality. He is probably still in the pre-July 29 mood, when he was dreaming about 70 seats. I hope that after he goes to Russia, where it's cold, he gets a cold shower and reacts."

Stirea Zilei has the footage of the interaction.