{"id":157786,"date":"2009-06-03T14:35:08","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T14:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2009\/06\/03\/moldovan-ex-speaker-marian-lupu-denies-quitting-ruling-party-201161-eng\/"},"modified":"2009-06-03T14:35:08","modified_gmt":"2009-06-03T14:35:08","slug":"moldovan-ex-speaker-marian-lupu-denies-quitting-ruling-party-201161-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/moldovan-ex-speaker-marian-lupu-denies-quitting-ruling-party-201161-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Moldovan ex-speaker Marian Lupu denies quitting ruling party"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>Marian Lupu has announced that he is quitting the Communist Party. In an interview given to Free Europe\/Radio Liberty radio station, the former speaker said that he intended to hand in his party ticket and join an opposition party. According to the radio station, the reason for Lupu&#8217;s withdrawal from the party is the fact that the Communist Party cannot abide by democratic principles and cannot be reformed from inside.<\/p>\n<p>Contacted by ProTV, Marian Lupu denied the statements, describing them as gossip. Lupu said that he did not intend to quit the Communist Party.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Contacted by ProTV, Marian Lupu denied the statements, describing them as gossip. Lupu said that he did not intend to quit the Communist Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>Marian Lupu has announced that he is quitting the Communist Party. In an interview given to Free Europe\/Radio Liberty radio station, the former speaker said that he intended to hand in his party ticket and join an opposition party. According to the radio station, the reason for Lupu&#8217;s withdrawal from the party is the fact that the Communist Party cannot abide by democratic principles and cannot be reformed from inside.<\/p>\n<p>Contacted by ProTV, Marian Lupu denied the statements, describing them as gossip. 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