Filip: DPM Does not Discuss Coalition Formation

The chairman of the Democratic Party (DPM) Pavel Filip believes that the DPM can form a coalition with both the left and the right. He stated this on Thursday evening during the program on Moldova1, vedomosti.md reports. Experience shows that there can be no sustainable and effective governance in Moldova without the of DPM participation. Proof of this is the recent coalition (of the right bloc ACUM with the socialists - "I."). There can be no stable construction between extremes. And DPM is at the center of the political chessboard and can form a coalition with both the right and the left," Filip said. At the same time, he emphasized that the issue of creating a coalition has not been discussed and is not being discussed. "Power is not an end in itself, but an opportunity to implement its program. An essential condition for this is to receive tools to realize election promises, to work in the interests of citizens and the country. If it is possible to create a political structure to meet these interests, then we will enter such By "tools" he means specific posts in government and government agencies in order to gain leverage over decision-making. "At present, there is no coalition. We supported the government, we are confident that it can work effectively. We meet with the socialists only to discuss priorities for decision-making in parliament. We are not talking about creating a coalition," Filip said. Answering questions about possible personnel changes in the government that President Igor Dodon spoke about, the DPM leader said that "this is the prerogative of the prime minister." "The Prime Minister is responsible for his government. He has the right to come up with such decisions, and we will not intervene in this," Filip said. According to him, the DPM is in process of reforming to "create a real political formation." "Until now, all parties have been associated with their leaders. We want to create a real political party where the opinion of each party member matters. Now there is democracy in the party. There are different opinions, we discuss them, and ultimately the minority obeys the majority," Filip stressed.