The Social Democratic Party (SDP), a small center-left party that failed to gain seats in the last two legislative elections, held a National Council meeting today to decide whether to accept a fusion proposal with the Democratic Party made by National Council head Iurie Bolboceanu.
The SDP decided against the fusion, however. SDP head Dumitru Braghis, a former Prime Minister, had been a vocal opponent of joining the Democrats.
The Democratic Party is currently part of the ruling Alliance for European Integration. It is headed by Communist defector Marian Lupu, and, according to many analysts, the party is trying to become the leading center-left group in Moldova.
The Democrats' failure to unite with the SDP will mean some degree of fragmentation on the left side of the political spectrum in Moldova, which may be exacerbated after Moldovan millionaire Nicolae Ciornii announced he wanted to form a left-wing party, as did a few recent defectors from the Party of Communists, including Vladimir Turcan.
h/t www.unimedia.md
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