Leading Communist M.P.s Vladimir Turcan and Victor Stepaniuc recently announced that they will leave their party's faction in Parliament in protest of the Party of Communists' (PC) decision to boycott the December 7 repeat presidential election.
The ruling Alliance for European Integration needed eight PC votes to elect Marian Lupu, its candidate.
The failure of the presidential elections means that early legislative elections will now need to be held. They will most likely take place toward the end of 2010.
Moldova has already had legislative elections on April 5 and on July 29 this year.
Mr. Turcan and Mr. Stepaniuc are visible figures in the PC, and their departure may signal an increasing rift within the former ruling party.
PC leader and former President (2001-2009), who was adamantly against voting for Mr. Lupu, has said his party will not be affected by the departure of some M.P.s
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