The Christian-Democratic People's Party ( ro, Partidul Popular Creștin Democrat, PPCD) is a

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Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...

. The party was led by

Iurie Roșca Iurie Roșca (born 31 October 1961, in Telenești) is a Moldovan politician who has served as president of the Christian-Democratic People's Party (PPCD) since 1994. Biography Iurie Roșca graduated in 1984 from the journalism faculty of the ...

from 1994 until 2011. Until 2005, the PPCD and the (Moldovan) National Liberal Party were the main political organizations in the country supporting the

unification of Moldova and Romania The unification of Moldova and Romania is a popular concept in the two countries that began in the late 1980s, during the Revolutions of 1989. The Romanian Revolution in 1989 and the independence of Moldova in 1991 further contributed to the ...

. After the PPCD began supporting the anti-unification Communist President Vladimir Voronin, the party has lost its unionist credentials while other parties such as the

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have taken over the pro-Romanian ideological space. The party has had very poor results in all subsequent elections. Since April 2005, the PPCD has lost several deputies, mayors, councillors and members to the liberal-democratic parties. The PPCD was an informal coalition partner of the

Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Партидул Комуништилор дин Република Молдова, italic=no, Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova; russian: Партия коммунистов Р ...

from 2005–2009.

History

It is the successor of the Democratic Movement of Moldova (1988–1989),

Popular Front of Moldova The Popular Front of Moldova ( ro, Frontul Popular din Moldova) was a political movement in the Moldavian SSR, one of the 15 union republics of the former Soviet Union, and in the newly independent Republic of Moldova. Formally, the Front existe ...

(1989–1992), and the Christian Democratic Popular Front (1992–1999). In March 2005, the party became an observer member of the

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. The 2002 one-month suspension of party's activities was found to be in violation of its freedoms of assembly and association by the

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in 2006.ECtHR judgment in case 28793/02
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Election results

Parliament

References

External links

Official website

Election results at e-democracy.md
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