Igor Dodon, leader of the Party of Socialists, stated that their goal is to “build a patriotic bloc.”
The head of the Heart of Moldova party criticized Moldova’s current government and declared that the bloc’s members would not join a coalition with the ruling Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) in the future parliament.
“Removing PAS from power is a key task for the upcoming elections. But our bloc’s mission does not end there,” she said.
“We are entering parliament to take responsibility for governing the country, forming a governing majority, and approving a new government to stop the destruction and restore Moldova.”
The name of the electoral bloc and its candidate list have not yet been disclosed.
Party leaders did not directly address journalists’ questions about whether the idea for the bloc originated in Russia.
On June 13, Moldovan President Maia Sandu warned that Russia could escalate tensions in the unrecognized Transnistria region to destabilize Moldova ahead of the autumn 2025 parliamentary elections.
On July 19, Moldova’s Central Electoral Commission rejected a registration bid by the Pobeda bloc, formed in Moscow in April 2024, for the parliamentary elections.
Deputy CEC head Pavel Postica stated that Pobeda’s members are linked to fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor, sentenced to 15 years in prison in Moldova, and that Shor was involved in creating the bloc. Postica added that holding the bloc’s congress in Moscow “raises legitimate suspicions.”