A center-right coalition comprised of the Democratic Party and the Liberal Democratic Party will be formed in Moldova, Democratic Party leader Marian Lupu said on Thursday.
"Two hundred and one Democratic Party members have voted for the coalition," he said.
Marian Lupu, 44, is a candidate for parliament speaker and is expected to run for the presidency. However, the center-right coalition, which has a total of 59 votes, lacks two votes to elect a president.
A parliamentary majority of 61 votes is needed to elect the country's president and end a stalemate that has left the impoverished ex-Soviet republic without a full-time president since mid-2009.
CHISINAU, December 30 (RIA Novosti)
