Ruling Alliance decides to hold another legislative session on September 10

Moldova Noastra head Serafim Urechean told the press today that the ruling Alliance for European Integration, of which his party is a member, has decided to hold another legislative meeting on September 10.

The Parliament has already met twice - on August 28 and September 2. The Party of Communists (PC) left halfway through the first meeting and refused to attend the second one since it considers the meetings to be illegal. On August 28, the PC asked for a break to form its faction and said it would only come to the legislature after the break expires on September 4. The former ruling party also issued a challenge to the Constitutional Court, claiming that Mihai Ghimpu's election as Speaker on August 28 was illegal. The Court is yet to rule on this matter.

Democratic Party M.P. Dumitru Diacov asked on September 2 that the Alliance set up the next session for September 4 in order to allow the Party of Communists to be present, but the Alliance refused to do so.

At this point, the two sides seem reluctant to hold a joint meeting, and some analysts like Arcadie Barbarosie, head of the Institute for Public Policy, have told Imedia that a duality of power may be emerging in Moldova.

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