Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova

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Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
 
Image:Pcrmlogo.png
 
Leader Vladimir Voronin
 
Founded October 22, 1993
Headquarters Chişinău
 
Ideology Communism
International affiliation Union of Communist Parties — Communist Party of the Soviet Union
European affiliation Party of the European Left
 
Website
www.pcrm.md
For the Soviet-era party, see Communist Party of Moldova.

The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (Partidul Comuniştilor din Republica Moldova) is a communist political party in Moldova, led by Vladimir Voronin. It is the only communist party to be democratically elected to government in the former Soviet Union.

It is part of the Party of the European Left.

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[edit] Activity

It is the current ruling political party in Moldova. It has won the last two parliamentary elections, and provides the President, Vladimir Voronin, the Prime Minister, Zinaida Greceanîi, and the Speaker of the Parliament, Marian Lupu. Under Voronin, it has privatized several state-owned industries and governed in a multi-party fashion. It also favors European integration and eventual EU membership.

[edit] History

The PCRM was registered as a political party in 1994. The PCRM was part of the Popular Patriotic Forces Front at the time of the 1996 presidential election, in which Voronin stood as the coalition's candidate and won 10.3% of the vote, placing third. The party supported Petru Lucinschi in the second round of the election, and following Lucinschi's victory the PCRM was given two positions in the government.[1]

[edit] Last proposed electoral program

For the current period of governance, the PCRM has outlined the following goals for the country:

  • A new quality of life;
  • Economic modernization;
  • European integration;
  • Consolidation of the society.

The whole electoral program can be read on the official site of PCRM.

[edit] Last election results

Final results of the PCRM in parliamentary elections of 6 March, 2005: valid votes garnered — 716,336 (45.98%) that enabled it to pass the 6% threshold of representation and get 56 seats in the Moldovan Parliament of the XVI-th legislature.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 414.

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