Journalist on behalf of Partidul Nostru is candidate to presidency

Chisinau, 31 August /MOLDPRES/ – Journalist  Dmitri Ciubasenco was appointed today as a candidate of Partidul Nostru (PN) (Our Party) for the presidential elections of 30 October.

The decision was taken earlier by the National Council of PN. "I thought we would not participate in these presidential elections, but hundreds of thousands of people demanded the appointment of a candidate from the party. Thus, after several consultations, we decided to propose Mr. Ciubasenco for this function. This is a worthy person, fair and not a member of PN, but has definitely support of the whole party," said PN leader Renato Usatii.

"As a potential President of the country, after sworn in I intend to sign a decree dissolving Parliament, subsequently, will follow the elections and formation of a government that will work for people," said Ciubasenco.

Also on 31 August, PN filed with the Central Election Commission application for registration of the initiative group to collect signatures in support of Dmitry Ciubasenco, as a candidate for the position of the President of Moldova.

Dmitri Ciubasenco was for 14 years "Moldavskie Vedomosti" (Moldovan News) newspaper editor. In 2009 he founded newspaper "Panorama".

Today started the campaign for direct presidential elections. Within the day, there will also present their candidacies for the position of President the PD, PL, Partidul Popular European (the European People's Party of Moldova) and Partidul Actiune si Solidaritate (Action and Solidarity Party).

In the morning, the PSRM Republican Council decided suggest its leader, Igor Dodon, as candidate for the position of the President. Also, the National Political Council of Partidului Platforma Demnitate și Adevăr (Party Platform Dignity and Truth) submitted its chairman Andrei Nastase for the position of the President of the country.

(Reporter A. Plitoc, editor M. Jantovan)