Moldovan early parliamentary election 28 Nov 10

Q A: Moldovan early parliamentary election 28 Nov 10

Background briefing by BBC Monitoring on 15 November

On 28 November 2010, Moldova holds its third parliamentary election in less than two years after the latest two parliaments have failed to elect a president.

What is the background to the election?

Moldova’s last election on 29 July 2009 was won by the pro-Western four-member Alliance for European Integration, which ended the eight-year rule of the Communist Party. That poll followed the street violence caused by the Communist victory in an earlier general election in April.