Ex-communist may still tip the scales

The daily Evenimentul Zilei comments on the complicated situation following the parliamentary elections in Moldova in which neither the four opposition parties nor the Communist Party have enough votes to elect the president: "The centre and centre-right parties [of the opposition] are young and have little experience. Yet they are the only hope for reform and progress. [Together] the Liberal Democratic Party, the Liberal Party, the Our Moldova Alliance and the Democratic Party seem to have garnered a few percent over half of the votes, which would make them the major winners of the recent elections. They could form a grand coalition in opposition to the Communist Party and form a government. The first three are definitely anti-communist and will certainly soon have a common platform for political action. The big unknown factor is the Democratic Party, which was previously insignificant. But now it has won ten percent more of the vote than in the previous election, thanks to its being taken over by Marian Lupu, a former member of the Communist Party. He could still topple the plans of the opposition if he allies himself with the communists and thus attains a majority in parliament."

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