BUCHAREST, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Moldova's Socialist Party on Friday decided to name former prime minister Zinaida Greceanii to serve as acting chairman of the leading political formation in the country.
The decision was made at the Republican Council of the party, according to news reaching here from Chisinau, capital of Moldova.
The party's congress will be held on Dec. 18, on which a new leader will be elected, announced Socialists' former head Igor Dodon, who gave up the mandate of party member soon after winning the presidential runoff elections on Nov. 13, according to the new legal provisions which stipulating that Moldova's president cannot be a party member.
According to Dodon, the law was adopted in order to weaken the Socialists Party, but "it will not happen."
"The Socialist Party remains strong," he stressed, adding that "in my heart I remain a socialist. President of all but a socialist, I will continue to advocate for social policy."
Greceanii was quoted by official Moldpres as saying that the Socialist Party has been a consolidated team during the past five years and the current elections have united its members even more.
"Together, we have made and are to make important things, as we have a huge responsibility before citizens," Greceanii added.
Greceanii, 60, was the prime minister of Moldova from March 31, 2008 to Sept. 14, 2009, in a Communist government. She left the Communist Party late 2011, together with Dodon and joined later in the Socialist Party.
Moldova's Central Election Commission (CEC) on Friday validated the results of the presidential runoff on Nov. 13 and declared Socialist candidate Dodon the election winner.
The decision to instate Dodon, who won the most votes in the poll, is to be sent to the Constitutional Court within the next three days.
The top court will have 10 days to confirm or reject the presidential elections' legality.
In case the court validates the election result, the president-elect will take an oath in front of the Parliament and the Constitutional Court, not later than 45 days after the election.
Under the Constitution, Moldovan president's mandate is four years.
