The Liberal Party (PL) will face problems when the majority of the Liberal faction in Parliament will be decided, considers constitutional expert Corneliu Gurin, who was asked by the IPN to comment on the possible leaving or exclusion of seven lawmakers from the Liberal parliamentary group. “The faction will decide whether to remove those excluded from the party or not. The problem is that they will be unable to decide the majority. It may happen vice versa as those who may be excluded are larger in number than those who will remain. It will be a very serious internal conflict,” said Corneliu Gurin.
If the seven lawmakers who formed the Council for Reforming the Liberal Party leave the Liberal parliamentary group, the faction will remain with five members. Corneliu Gurin said that those who were excluded from the PL will keep their seat, but will lose the posts in Parliament offered by the party, for example that of leader of the faction, which is now held by Ion Hadarca.
“The PL is to review its standing commissions. It will probably control also one commission. The lawmakers who will leave the faction can become unaffiliated MPs or can join another faction,” said Corneliu Gurin, making reference to the changes in the Parliament Regulations, under which the parliamentary factions can be created only within 10 days of the constitution of the legislature.
The seven MPs who signed the statement on the reformation of the PL are: Ion Hadarca, Ana Gutu, Anatol Arhire, Oleg Bodrug, Vadim Vacarciuc, Valeriu Saharneanu, and Vadim Cojocaru. The first five were excluded from the party the next day. Valeriu Saharneanu is not a member of the party. As to Vadim Cojocaru, Mihai Ghimpu said he expects that Cojocaru will return to the party. The lawmaker didn’t yet say what he will do. It should be noted that Cojocaru is the deputy chairman of the commission on economy, budget and finance. He will lose this post if he leaves the faction.
