Ravnopravie leader starts electoral campaign

15:50 | 03.10.2016 Category:

Chisinau, 3 October /MOLDPRES/ - The candidate of the Ravnopravie (Equality of Rights) formation to the office of Moldovan president, Ina Popenco, today started the electoral campaign for the presidential polls due on 30 October.

Ina Popenco will be on the fifth position on the ballot paper.

The candidate’s official launch took place outside the Chisinau-based Court of Appeal at a protest to back Orhei town mayor Ilan Shor.

At the event, Ina Popenco said that, in her capacity of president, “she will manage to stop the political conflicts which destroy Moldova. We will get implementation of the free of charge medicine, will extend projects on improving the citizens’ living, and will open social shops in all Moldovan settlements. Let’s prove that a candidate from the people can become a president. We will get social justice and a better future only this way. I am sure that Moldova’s revival starts today, as our team will manage to overcome the problems of the entire country,” Popenco said.

Ina Popenco is physician by profession. She studied at the Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy and has been working at the Orhei-based district hospital during ten years.

Also today, Alina Sargu, the spokeswoman of the Orhei town mayor, Ilan Shor, told a news briefing that the participants in a meeting of the political council of the Ravnopravie social and political movement had ruled to rename the formation into Shor Party.

The electoral campaign for the presidential polls started on 30 September. The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has registered eight candidates as contenders for the office of Moldovan president so far: Marian Lupu on behalf of PDM, Mihai Ghimpu – Liberal Party, Iurie Leanca – European People’s Party of Moldova, Andrei Nastase – Dignity and Truth Political Party, Ina Popenco – Ravnopravie (Equality of Rights), Dumitru Ciubasenco – Our Party, Maia Sandu – Action and Solidarity Party and Igor Dodon – Party of Socialists. In case of another eight candidates, CEC is to make public its opinion till 6 October.

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