Party of Communists members begin making statements about presidential election

Veronica Abramciuc, an M.P. on the Party of Communists (PC) list, told Radio Free Europe that the future Moldovan President should be nominated by her party. Mr. Abramciuc stressed that she was expressing a personal viewpoint.

"If this coalition really won enough votes to elect a Speaker, /.../ a Prime Minister, and a Goverment, that's no problem. But there is also the Party of Communists, which has a rather large electoral basis. These people are Moldovan citizens and their interests need to be respected," Ms. Abramciuc stressed.

On the other hand, Vladimir Turcan, third on the PC list, told Radio France Internationale that the presidential "candidate should be someone who is less involved in politics, so that he or she doesn't become hostage to one or another party, considering the fact that there are five political parties in Parliament and that the voting results on July 29 proven that opinions are pretty different."

Russian daily Kommersant, however, quotes slightly different statements made by Mr. Turcan, in which he says that "the presidential candidate should not, first of all, be a traitor, and, second, should not share national-radical ideas." The Communist M.P. added that "my colleagues will not vote for Marian Lupu, who previously left the ranks of the PC and joined the Democratic Party."

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