The Unity Movement for Equality in Rights ( ro, Mișcarea republicană pentru egalitate în drepturi "Unitate-Edinstvo", MUE) was a political party in

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History

The party was formed in July 1989 as

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, part of a left-wing pan-

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movement. Its founders were members of ethnic minorities including

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, Piotr Șornikov and Vladimir Solonari, whose aim was to counteract the

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.Andrei Brezianu & Vlad Spânu (2007) ''Historical Dictionary of Moldova'', Scarecrow Press, p189 In 1991 Interfront MPs refused to sign the

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, instead pushing for a federation within the Soviet Union split into Gagauz, Moldovan and Russian entities. In December 1991 the party was renamed Unity Movement for Equality in Rights. It formed an alliance with the

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to contest the 1994 elections. The alliance was also supported by the then-unregistered

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1336 and won 28 seats in the election, making it the second-largest faction in Parliament after the Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova, which had won 56 of the 104 seats. Prior to the 1998 elections the MUE joined the Socialist Unity alliance alongside the Socialist Party, the Union of Communists of Moldova and the Vatan Popular Party.Nohlen & Stöver, p1336 However, the alliance failed to win a seat. The Socialist Party later joined the Braghiș Alliance, whilst the other parties, including MUE, did not re-register.

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