Communist head and former President: The Party of Communists is getting ready for early elections

Vladimir Voronin, Party of Communists head and former Moldovan President (2001-2009) told Russian radio station Ekho Moskvi that his party is getting ready for early elections.

"I will be dedicating all of my powers, attention, and time to strengthening the party and to getting it ready for early elections. In terms of our participation in the presidential election [Imedia: Mr. Voronin is referring to the fact that the ruling Alliance for European Integration needs eight Communist votes to be able to push through its own candidate in Parliament], the Central Committee has not yet made a final decision, but I am certain and will ask the Central Committee to allow the faction not to vote for any of their candidates," Mr. Voronin said.

He added that "I am already imagining myself at a podium, in front of many thousands of voters, to whom I am proving what this new government will do to Moldova if we have the same results we had recently" [Imedia: on July 29].

The leaders of the ruling Alliance for European Integration have not yet reacted to this statement.

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