----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 10:18 PM Subject: [downwithcapitalism] FW: Moldova: Democratically elected Communist President Daily news from Moldova. 5 April 2001. Presidential Election effected in Accordance with RM Constitution. Today the RM Constitutional Court has recognized the results of the RM Presidential elections, which took place on April 4, as valid. The CC sitting has underlined that the election procedure had been carried out in the complete conformity with the RM Constitution in a correct and civilized way. Communist Party leader Vladimir Voronin, who obtained 71 votes, became the President of the Republic of Moldova. On Saturday, on April 7 the official inauguration of the new third President of the Republic of Moldova in the person of Communist Party Leader Vladimir Voronin will take place in the Palace of the Republic. The Members of the Parliament and the Constitutional Court, the heads of the diplomatic missions, accredited in Moldova, will participate in the solemn inauguration ceremony. Vladimir Voronin will swear an oath and will pronounce a speech. Then he will go to the Presidential Palace, where he will have a meeting with ex-President Petru Lucinschi, who will transfer his powers and will hand the symbolic key of supreme authority to the new President. On Saturday evening the President of the Republic of Moldova will make an address to the Moldovan people on the National TV. Vladimir Putin has been the first among the foreign Presidents, who has congratulated Vladimir Voronin on the occasion of his election for the post of the RM President. In the course of the telephone conversation the Presidents of the two countries have exchanged opinion on a wide range of issues, relating to the relations between the RM and the RF, the outlook for their development and strengthening. According to the press service of the Moldovan President, Vladimir Putin has invited his Moldovan colleague to pay a working visit to Moscow. Vladimir Voronin has thanked Vladimir Putin for his congratulation and invitation. The first meeting of Vladimir Voronin, new President of the Republic of Moldova with Transdniestrian administration leader Igor Smirnov is slated for April 9. It has been the new Head of the Republic, who has moved this initiative. Vladimir Voronin is going to make the settlement of the Transdniestrian conflict more dynamic and efficient. <>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<> People's Daily. 5 April 2001. President Jiang Congratulates Moldovan Counterpart upon Election. Jiang Zemin Thursday sent a congratulatory message to Moldovan Communist Party leader Vladimir Voronin upon his election as the country's president Wednesday. The peoples of China and Moldova enjoy a profound friendship and the two countries have nurtured mature state-to-state ties which are based on the principles of mutual respect, equality, mutual benefit and non-interference in each other's internal affairs, the message said. Thanks to joint efforts by the two sides, the Sino-Moldovan friendly ties have witnessed continuous, steady and healthy development ever since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1992, Jiang said in the message. He added that China has always attached importance to consolidating and developing friendly cooperation with Moldova in the political, economic and cultural fields. President Jiang pledged to work together with Voronin to further the two countries' ties in the new century and he also wished Moldova prosperity under the leadership of Voronin. Voronin won 71 votes in the 101-seat parliament, thus becoming the first president of the former Soviet republic elected by the parliament since it gained independence in 1991. PLEASE DISREGARD ANY SPAM THAT MAY FOLLOW THIS LINE Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
