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Winning 49.9% of the vote, the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (reinstituted in 1993 after being outlawed in 1991), gained 71 of the 101 parliament seats
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Vladimir Voronin as the country's third president
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A new government was formed on April 19, 2001 by Vasile Tarlev. The country became the first post-Soviet state where a non-reformed communist party returned to power.
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The opposition Christian-Democratic People's Party organized a mass protest in Chișinău against the plans of the government to fulfill its electoral promise and introduce Russian as the second state language along with its compulsory study in schools. -
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In the wake of the November 2003 deadlock with Russia, a series of shifts in the external policy of Moldova occurred, targeted at rapprochement with the European Union. In the context of the EU's expansion to the east, Moldova wants to sign the Stability and Association Agreement. It implemented its first three-year action plan within the framework of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) of the EU.
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The relationship between Moldova and Russia deteriorated in November 2003 over a Russian proposal for the solution of the Transnistrian conflict, which Moldovan authorities refused to accept because it stipulated a 20-year Russian military presence in Moldova. The federalization plan for Moldova would have also turned Transnistria and Gagauzia into a blocking minority over all major policy matters of Moldova.
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The Party of the Communists (PCRM) won 46% of the vote, (56 of the 101 seats in the Parliament), the Democratic Moldova Block won 28.5% of the vote and the Christian Democratic People Party (PPCD) won 9.1%.
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Vladimir Voronin was re-elected as country's president, supported by a part of the opposition.
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Vasile Tarlev was again appointed head of government.
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Approximately 1,200 of the 14th Army personnel remain stationed in Transnistria, guarding a large ammunitions depot at Colbasna. In recent years, negotiations between the Transnistrian and Moldovan leaders have been going on under the mediation of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Russia, and Ukraine; lately observers from the European Union and the United States have become involved.
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Vasile Tarlev was replaced by Zinaida Greceanîi as head of the government.
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1)The Communist Party won.The opposition leaders have protested against the outcome calling it fraudulent and demanded a repeated election.
2)A preliminary report by OSCE observers called the vote generally free and fair. However, one member of the OSCE observation team expressed concerns over that conclusion and said that she and a number of other team members feel that there had been some manipulation, but they were unable to find any proof. -
Several NGOs and opposition parties organized a protest in Chișinău, gathering a crowd of about 15,000 with the help of social network sites such as Twitter and Facebook. The protesters accused the Communist government of electoral fraud. Anti-communist and pro-Romanian slogans were widely used.
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The demonstration had spun out of control and escalated into a riot when a part of the crowd attacked the presidential offices and broke into the parliament building, looting and setting its interior on fire
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1)Police had regained control arresting hundreds protestors. 2)Numerous detainees reported beatings by the police when released.The violence on both sides (demonstrators and police) was condemned by the OSCE.
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3)Three young people died during the protests. The opposition blamed police abuse for these deaths, while the government claimed they were either unrelated to the protests,or accidents. Government officials, including Voronin accused Romania of organizing it.The opposition accused the government of organizing the riots by introducing agents provocateurs among the protesters. The political climate in Moldova remained unstable. The parliament failed to elect a new president.
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The parliament was dissolved and new general elections were held on July 29, 2009, with the Communists losing power to the Alliance for European Integration, a pro-European coalition.
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An attempt by the new ruling coalition to amend the constitution of Moldova via referendum in order to enable presidential election by popular vote failed due to lack of turnout.
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The parliamentary election in November 2010 had retained the status quo between the ruling coalition and the communist opposition.
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On 16 March 2012,[96] parliament elected Nicolae Timofti as president by 62 votes out of 101, with the PCRM boycotting the election, putting an end to a political crisis that had lasted since April 2009.
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In the elections the pro-European parties maintained their majority in parliament.
