Four non-Communist opposition parties form ruling coalition

The Liberal Democratic Party, the Liberal Party, the Democratic Party, and the Moldova Noastra [Our Moldova] Alliance held a press conference today to announce the formation of a Coalition for European Union Integration.

Leaders from the four parties signed a coalition document which includes, among other things, a commitment to ensure the freedom of the mass media and scrapping the visa regime with Romania.

The four parties said they will soon decide on leadership seat distributions and that they would talk to the Party of Communists (PC).

The Coalition needs at least eight votes from the PC since it has enough seats to form a Government (53), but not enough to elect a President (61).