Democratic faction makes exception for Anatolie Popusoi

The Democrat lawmakers left the assembly hall as the agreement to raise pensions reached by the ruling alliance has not been respected, but they announced they will return when the withdrawal of the immunity of Communist MP Anatolie Popusoi is put to the vote. “We will take part in the discussions and vote if the parliamentary commission for appointments and immunities accepts the immunity lifting proposal,” the leader of the Democratic Party Marian Lupu said, quoted by Info-Prim Neo. The Prosecutor General's Office requested the Parliament to deprive Anatolie Popusoi of immunity so that he could be investigated for fraudulently managing over 80 million lei and for illegally privatizing wooded areas. The Communist leader Vladimir Voronin said it was an attempt to discredit the PCRM before the elections.