The Alliance For European Integration needs to elect a new president, an action which will be impossible without having the support of at least 8 Communist MPs.

The Alliance For European Integration has a narrow majority of 53 deputies out of 101 in the Moldovan Parliament, while the Communists have 48.

[citation needed] The Alliance for European Integration elected Mihai Ghimpu, leader of the Liberal Party as Parliament Speaker.

It was announced on that date they would nominate Marian Lupu for President and Vlad Filat for Prime Minister.

[7] The elections were to be held on October 23, but were postponed due to a constitutional dilemma over whether it is legal to hold them with only one candidate registered.