What now?

The first meeting of the new parliament of Moldova, in which this time the majority is no longer communists, was marked by scandal. If earlier the communists constituted the majority (which, however, did not help them elect a president, which ended in new parliamentary elections), now they are simply not taken into account. Four non-communist factions - the Liberal Democratic, Liberal, Democratic and Our Moldova alliance - formed the ruling Alliance for European Integration and announced the creation of factions and the election of their governing bodies. The communists who disagreed with this demanded a break in parliament until September 4 to announce the formation of a faction. The presiding officer, the oldest deputy, communist Ivan Kalin, announced a break without voting, and the non-communist majority did not agree with this. The communists left the meeting room, while the rest continued to meet and unanimously elected the leader of the Liberal Party, Mihai Ghimpu, as speaker. The Communists occupy 48 seats in parliament, the Alliance for European Integration has five seats more.

Moldovan media note that the parliamentary majority violates the current legislation, since, according to parliamentary regulations, the meeting can be interrupted at the proposal of one of the factions.

Thus, it is possible that since communists and non-communists cannot come to an agreement, Moldova will again not be able to elect a president - and this means that elections will have to be held again - for the third time since April 5! Only this time it will be much more difficult to blame the communists for this.

True, representatives of the Alliance say that they are ready for a dialogue with the Communist Party about electing a president, but they are not ready to give positions in the executive branch to opponents. The communists, who received the most votes in the elections, believe that they have the right to at least one post.