At the legislative elections on March 22, 1998, the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) gained 40 of the 101 places in the Moldovan Parliament, but was reduced to opposition when an Alliance for Democracy and Reforms was formed by the Democratic Convention of Moldova (26 MPs), For a Democratic and Prosperous Moldova (24 MPs), and the Party of Democratic Forces (11 MPs).
It is important that a former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia (PCM), Petru Lucinschi, was the President of Moldova during the activity of The Alliance for Democracy and Reforms (ADR).
Foreign policy was marked by a duality of belonging to the CIS and steps towards a rapprochement with Western Europe.
The Christian Democratic Popular Front (PPCD) voted with the Communist Party (PCRM) for the dismissal of the Alliance government on November 9, 1999.
Disagreements that appeared within the Alliance for Democracy and Reforms (ADR), caused to some degree by displeasure with seat distributions, led to its disintegration and an overwhelming Party of Communists (PCRM) victory at the 2001 parliamentary election.