Legislature meets for the second time, Communists refuse to attend

The new legislature held its second meeting today. The Party of Communists refused to show up, saying that it took a ten-day break which expires on September 4.

The Alliance for European Integration asked both the Prime Minister and the head of Moldovan Public Television to come speak in front of the legislature, but both officials refused to do so.

The head of Public Television has been accused of supporting the Communists after he refused to give the Alliance an hour in primetime to speak with the Moldovan people and to broadcast the Parliament's meetings live.

During the meeting, Democrat Dumitru Diacov asked that the Parliament meet again on September 4, which is when the Party of Communists said it would be in attendance. Speaker Mihai Ghimpu rejected the proposal, however, and said the date of the next session will be decided by the Alliance.

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