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Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova Partidul Comuniştilor din Republica Moldova
President	Vladimir Voronin
Founded	October 22, 1993
Headquarters	Chişinău
Ideology	de jure Communism de facto disputed
International affiliation	Union of Communist Parties — Communist Party of the Soviet Union
European affiliation	Party of the European Left
Official colours	Red
Parliament	48
Website
www.pcrm.md
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Vladimir Voronin was President of Moldova and the most prominent personality of the party

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 was the only communist party to have been democratically holding a majority in government in the post-Soviet states.^[1]

It is part of the Party of the European Left.

Activity

It is the current opposition political party in Moldova. After the July 2009 parliamentary election, Alliance For European Integration has agreed to create a governing coalition that pushed the Communist party into opposition.

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.

1998 election

In the March 1998 parliamentary election, the PCRM won 30.1% of the vote and 40 seats, becoming the largest party in parliament; in its platform, it called for "the rebirth of a socialist society". Despite its strong showing, the PCRM was left in opposition due to the formation of a center-right coalition government, Alliance for Democracy and Reforms. Although Lucinschi later nominated Voronin as Prime Minister of Moldova in late 1999, the nomination was unsuccessful because Voronin did not have enough support in parliament. Subsequently the PCRM received 49.9% of the vote in the February 2001 parliamentary election, winning 71 out of the 101 seats in parliament.^[2]

2001 election

With a PCRM parliamentary majority, Voronin was elected as President by parliament in April 2001. The Constitutional Court ruled that the President could also lead a political party, and Voronin was re-elected as party leader.^[2]

2005 election

It was the ruling political party in Moldova. It won the Moldovan parliamentary election, 2005, and provided the President, Vladimir Voronin, the Prime Minister, Zinaida Greceanîi, and the Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament, Marian Lupu. Under Voronin, it privatized several state-owned industries and governed in a multi-party fashion. It also favors European integration and eventual EU membership.

2009 elections

After April 2009 election and the civil unrest, the climate in Moldova became very polarized.^[3] The parliament failed to elect a new president. For this reason, the parliament was dissolved and snap elections were held. At the July 29 polls the Communist Party received 44.7% of the vote. That gave the former ruling party 48 MPs, and the remaining 53 seats in the 101-member chamber went to four opposition parties, Alliance For European Integration.

Ideology

While officially branding a Leninist Communist doctrine, there is a matter of debate over their policies. The Economist considers it a centre-right party, communist only in name,^[4] Romanian political scientist Vladimir Tismăneanu argues that the party is communist in the classical sense, as it didn't change much since the fall of the Soviet Union.^[5]

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.

Electoral results

References

External links

• PCRM - Official site

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