Right-Wing Parties Form New Pro-European Coalition in Moldova – Lawmaker

Leaders of the three pro-European Parties in Moldova initialed an agreement on the establishment of a new coalition, the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova, Vlad Filat, told journalists on Tuesday.

CHISINAU (Sputnik) — On Monday, the leaders of the three pro-European parties began consultations with an aim to form a new coalition and appoint a new prime minister.

"The agreement on the coalition was initialed. The document is well-balanced and takes into account the interests of all the parties. We have come today to the unanimous opinion that the coalition should not abandon the pro-European course of the country.”

He added that the coalition would be called “The Alliance for European Integration.”

On June 18, the local parliament accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Chiril Gaburici's government. Gaburici announced his resignation on June 12, after local media reported that he was lying about his education.

A week prior to the resignation, Gaburici appealed to the country's President Nicolae Timofti and Parliament Speaker Andrian Candu to give the government authority for full-fledged fight against corruption in state institutions. The prime minister threatened to resign if several high-ranking officials, including the attorney general and the head of the National Bank, were not dismissed.