The verbal duels, taking place between the Party of Socialists (PSRM) and the political bloc ACUM in the run-up to the local election may grow into a political war, presumes Moldovan political scientist Igor Volnitchi, Director of the Poliexpert Center for Political Consulting.

In an interview, published on the www.tribuna.md portal on Thursday, President Igor Dodon commented on statements of Prime Minister Maia Sandu who refuted president’s earlier words about possible personnel changes in the Cabinet of Ministers.

The Party of Socialists (PSRM) is grossly violating the election legislation both in Chisinau and at local level, while the consideration of complaints about these actions are hampered in the Moldovan Central Election Commission (CEC), maintain leaders of the Our Party [OP, Partidul Nostru] Ilian Casu and Elena Gritco.

Andrei Nastase stated on Thursday that he abdicates the position of Chisinau Mayor, which he received on Wednesday by decision of the Chisinau Appeals Court. So, the duties of city head will be further performed by Chisinau Municipal Council Secretary Adrian Talmaci.

"I want to believe that all the court decisions are taken transparently, but the judiciary in the country must still be reformed", commented candidate for Chisinau mayor Ion Ceban of the Party of Socialists on the Appeals Court's decision to declare as legal the Andrei Nastase's victory at early gubernatorial elections in 2018.

The Chisinau Appeals Court [second-instance] has recognized as valid the result of the June 2018 snap election of Chisinau Mayor that was won by DA Platform party leader Andrei Nastase.

Renato Usatii, leader of the Partidul Nostru (Our Party, OP), who is now running for Mayor of Balti, the country’s second-largest city, has named the Party of Socialists “a party of greatest-possible liars”.

“Not a single DP parliamentarian or a Democratic Party member will participate in the ‘witch-hunt’ organized by the hybrid parliamentary majority of the Party of Socialists and the ACUM bloc”, reads the Statement the Democrats issued on Tuesday.

The parliamentary ad hoc commission for investigation of the coup attempt organized by the Democratic Party with the help of its Constitutional Court and Prosecutor General's Office on June 8-14, 2019 today heard Gheorghe Cavcaliuc, ex-Deputy Chief of the Ministry of the Interior’s General Police Inspectorate.

The former leader of the Democratic Party, Vlad Plahotniuc, is suspected of money laundering in particularly large amounts, the Moldovan Anti-Corruption Prosecution Service aka "Anticoruptie" reported on Tuesday.

The Moldovan society is eagerly expecting that the first election after the dismissal of the Mafioso regime of Vlad Plahotniuc will be genuinely free and fair and will show what the Democratic Party is really worth, if only it still exists, believes Alexei Tulbure, Moldova’s former Permanent Representative at the Council of Europe and the United Nations, incumbent Director of the Institute of Oral History of Moldova.

The now opposition Democratic Party shall not provide whatever explanations to its political opponents, "who have usurped power in Moldova". That was how DP Chairman Pavel Filip commented today on the invitation, made by the parliamentary ad hoc commission for investigation of the June 2019 putsch circumstances, to three DP parliamentarians to come for commission hearings on October 8.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution on Thursday, which is based on a report on functioning of democratic institutions in the Republic of Moldova, prepared by co-rapporteurs following their visit to Moldova in summer.

Chairman of the Moldovan Accounts Chamber Marian Lupu visited the European Court of Auditors on Wednesday at the invitation of its President Klaus-Heiner Lehne. According to the Accounts Chamber, this is the first visit of head of Moldova’s control and revision structure to the ECA.

Federica Mogherini, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, will pay an official visit to the Republic of Moldova on October 3.

Constantin Codreanu, a Member of the Parliament of Romania from the Popular Movement Party, who was born and raised in Moldova, has stood up with an initiative called "A Decalog for Moldova", in which he formulated 10 solutions that should be put into life in the interests of the Republic of Moldova population.

Former Acting Mayor of Chisinau Ruslan Codreanu has challenged in court the electoral bodies’ decision to deny registration to him as a candidate for Chisinau Mayor at October 20 local elections, he stated to journalists.

Moldova President Igor Dodon has spoken out for creating a vast zone of free trade between the Eurasian Economic Union [of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, EAES] and the European Union.

French Secretary of State for European Affairs Amelie de Montchalin addressed to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg, calling on the Assembly to support the new Moldovan Government in the process of reform implementation.

MP Iurie Renita, Chairman of the parliamentary Standing Committee for Foreign Policy and European Integration, stated at a news conference on Tuesday that he may well quit the political bloc ACUM if the Republic of Moldova’s foreign policy is not thoroughly revised.