The Working People's Party ( ro, Partidului Oamenilor Muncii; POM) is a
centre-left
Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The c ...
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
in
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 ...
.
History
The founding congress of the party was held on 23 April 1998, when the party's program and bylaws were adopted. The Working People's Party took part in the
1999 local elections and
2001 parliamentary elections.
Ion Țurcanu
Ion Țurcanu (born 15 January 1946) is an author, educator, historian, memoirist, professor, former member of the Parliament (1990–1994), politician and Romanian writer from Moldova.
He is one of the 277 MPs of the first parliament of the for ...
became the chairman of the party. It used to be known as the "New National Moldovan Party" (; NPNM) and the "Party for the Union of Moldova" (; alternatively the "Political Party for the Union of Moldova", , PpUM). Currently, the president is
Serghei Toma.
The Working People's Party tried to participate in the
2020 Moldovan presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Moldova on 1 November. The fourth direct elections since independence in 1991, voters had the possibility to either elect a new president or re-elect the incumbent Igor Dodon. Because no candidate received a ma ...
, but it did not get the necessary number of signatures to be registered.
See also
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National Moldavian Party
The National Moldavian Party was a political party in Bessarabia.
History
Prior to 1917, Bessarabian intelligentsia was divided between noblemen, conservatives, democrats, and socialists. Vasile Stroescu, a rich but very modest filantrop bo ...
References
External links
Note that the names used in these links are outdated:
New National Moldovan Party
La Chisinau s-a infiintat Noul Partid National al Moldovenilor
Partidul politic pentru Unirea Moldovei (PpUM)
Political parties in Moldova
Political parties established in 1998
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