Speaker and interim head of state Mihai Ghimpu told the press today that he will ask that the next legislative session be scheduled for Wednesday, October 7. Mr. Ghimpu added that he would also request that the M.P.s talk about setting the date for the presidential election. Moldovan media outlets like Unimedia have quoted sources as saying that potential dates for the election could be October 23 or 26. Parliament has also formed a committee for the election of a President.
It is unclear if the ruling Alliance for European Integration will manage to elect a head of state. The coalition has 53 seats in Parliament, but it needs 61 to vote in a President. Those votes can only come from the Party of Communists, which seems to have become increasingly reluctant to negociate for a compromise.
Communist M.P. Grigore Petrenco said today that the Party of Communists "is getting ready for early elections because as long as Mihai Ghimpu is Speaker, we cannot vote for the Alliance for European Integration's presidential candidate." Previously, a few Communist M.P.s said that they would vote for a coalition head of state if Mr. Ghimpu is dismissed.
Mr. Ghimpu replied that "if Petrenco wants early elections, he'll have to say goodbye to his M.P. seat," suggesting that the Communist deputy will not make it into the next legislature.
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