The "Chance" Political Party ( ro, Partidul Politic “Șansă”), known until 2023 as "Ours" Moldovan Political Party ( ro, Partidul Politic Moldovenesc "Ai Noștri"/"Наши"), is

political party in Moldova Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

. It was founded in October 2020 by Mihail Ahremțev.

History

Ours

The creation of Ours was announced on 20 October 2020. The party's leader, Mihail Ahremțev, later came to be a supporter of the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

. Ahremțev claimed at the moment of the party's creation that, in Moldova, a "

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" against the ethnic minorities of the country was taking place and that the party would promote the interests of Moldova's minorities, including the

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and the

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ns. Another founding member, Anastasia Filipașcu, claimed that the

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are an ethnic minority in Moldova. The party also wants

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to become the second

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of Moldova. On 26 June 2023, the party joined the Chance. Duties. Realization political bloc, dominated by former

Șor Party The Șor Party ( ro, Partidul „ȘOR”, ), known from its foundation in 1998 until October 2016 as the Socio-Political Movement "Equality" ( ro, Mișcarea social-politică „Ravnopravie”), is a populist political party in Moldova. A member of ...

members.

Chance

Soon after

Ilan Shor Ilan Shor (or Șor; he, אילן שור; born 6 March 1987) is a Moldovan hideaway businessman, oligarch and politician. From July 2015 to April 2019, he served as mayor of the Moldovan city of Orhei. He owns several Moldovan businesses, includi ...

announced the creation of the Chance. Duties. Realization bloc, the Ours party renamed itself the Chance party, and the Moldovan TV presenter

Alexei Lungu Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian language, Russian and Bulgarian language, Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek language, Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "D ...

became the leader of the party. The party was excluded from 2023 Moldovan local elections two days before polling stations opened. This was announced by Prime Minister

Dorin Recean Dorin Recean (born 17 March 1974) is a Moldovan academic and politician, who has been serving as interior minister of Moldova since July 2012 to February 2015. Early life and education Recean was born in Donduşeni on 17 March 1974. In 1996, ...

, saying that the decision was made by the

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(CSE). The party tried to appeal this decision.

References

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