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Moldova liberals seek coalition, Communists falter
Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:51am EDT
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By Dmitry Solovyov
CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova's Western-leaning opposition vowed to form a wide coalition on Thursday as near-complete results showed the ruling Communists facing defeat in a parliamentary election.
With 97.5 percent of ballots counted, the Communists had won 45.1 percent of the vote, a result which would give them just 48 seats in the 101-member parliament and the combined opposition a majority of both the popular vote and seats.
Veteran Communist leader Vladimir Voronin dissolved parliament last month and called the election after opposition parties twice thwarted his plan to have parliament elect his handpicked successor as president, paralyzing the political system in the former Soviet republic.
The four main opposition parties gained 50.7 percent of the vote, which would give them a combined 53 seats in parliament.
"Democracy and truth has finally been victorious. We fought for this for so long and with so many difficulties," said Vlad Filat, leader of the Liberal Democrats who were second behind the Communists on 16.4 percent.
"There will definitely be a coalition, a wide coalition in the interests of the people. We will find the necessary compromise and find agreement so that Moldova finally gets democratic rule," he told Reuters.
The Liberals were in third place with 14.4 percent, the Democratic party fourth with 12.5 percent and the Our Moldova Alliance in fifth place with 7.4 percent.
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Moldova, Europe's poorest country, is wavering between East and West. Elderly and rural voters tend to back the Communists, while the urban youth looks toward the European Union.
The Communists finished far in front in the last election on April 5, but the results triggered violent protests by young demonstrators who ransacked the president's office and the parliament building.
Voronin -- backed by former imperial master Russia -- accused Romania, a NATO and EU member, of seeking to overthrow his government, a claim denied by Bucharest. Most of Moldova was once part of Romania, and the two countries have close ties of culture, language and history.
The Communists want closer ties with Europe, but see Moscow as a "strategic partner." Russia keeps troops in the ex-Soviet state's separatist Transdniestria region and supplies over 90 percent of the nation's energy. It has promised $500 million in loans to help Moldova through the global economic crisis.
The election commission said 58.8 percent of the 2.6 million Moldovans eligible to vote had cast their ballots, up from 54 percent in April. Only parties that received more than 5 percent of votes are eligible for parliamentary representation.
(Writing by Guy Faulconbridge and Conor Sweeney, additional reporting by Alexander Tanas, Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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