Lupu told RFE/RL that "some people are trying to spread the rumor that the leader of the [democratic alliance] will do anything in order to become president."
Lupu said he wants to reject such allegations that he might leave the alliance in exchange for Communist votes for his presidential bid. He added that "we assumed the responsibility and the risks [when the various democratic parties formed the Alliance for European Integration] and we will continue to remain in the alliance."
The parliament last week postponed the parliamentary vote for a new president after the fragile, pro-Western AIE majority failed to persuade eight Communist deputies to defy their party and vote for Lupu.
Lupu, who heads one of the four democratic parties in the AIE, met on October 28 with Communist Party leader and former President Vladimir Voronin, who is determined to establish a new leftist majority.
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