Ruling Alliance now made up of five parties as two Moldova Noastra M.P.s leave party to join European Action Movement

Two Moldova Noastra M.P.s - Veaceslav Untila and Iurie Colesnic - held a press conference today during which they announced they are leaving the Moldova Noastra [Our Moldova] Alliance (MNA) and joining the Actiunea Europeana [European Action] Movement (AEM).

Mr. Untila and Mr. Colesnic - who are seen as the more "liberal" wing of MNA - will be joined by a number of their supporters. They are unhappy with Serafim Urechean's re-election as MNA head.

This move means that the ruling Alliance for European Integration, which has a very slim majority of 53 seats, is now going to be made up of five parties - the Liberal Democratic Party, the Liberal Party, the Democratic Party, MNA, and AEM. Mr. Untila promised he would still vote with the Alliance.

Victor Osipov, first vice-president of MNA, had a harsh reaction about the defection of the two, saying that Mr. Colesnic "ate beans from the cans Mr. Urechean bought" for four years.

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