M.P.s pick up their identification cards

The members of the new Parliament picked up their identification cards today. Stirea Zilei, which reported the event live, said that Communist M.P.s did not clap for the members of the Alliance, and vice versa.

The crowd seemed rather animated and in good cheer, and Democratic Party members picked on their head Marian Lupu, telling him not to mistakenly sit by the Communists. Mr. Lupu defected from the Party of Communists after the April 5 legislative elections, joined the Democrats, and led the party to a 13-seat win in the new legislature.