Party of Development and Consolidation of Moldova

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| name = Party of Development and Consolidation of Moldova

| native_name = Partidul Dezvoltării și Consolidării Moldovei

| native_name_lang = ro

| logo = Logo of the Party of Development and Consolidation of Moldova.png

| colorcode = {{party color|Party of Development and Consolidation of Moldova}}

| abbreviation = PDCM

| leader = Ion Chicu

| secretary = Viorica Dumbrăveanu

| founder = Ion Chicu

| founded = {{Start date|2021|3|31|df=yes}}

| registered = {{Start date|2021|4|17|df=yes}}

| ideology = Christian democracy
Social conservatism
Pro-Europeanism

| position = Centre-right

| national = Alternative

| regional =

| european =

| continental =

| international =

| colours = {{color box|{{party color|Party of Development and Consolidation of Moldova}}|border=darkgray}} Purple

| slogan = Together for the Country
{{small|({{langx|ro|„Împreună pentru Țară”}})}}

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| seats1_title = Parliament

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| seats3_title = Mayors

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| website = [https://pdcm.md/ pdcm.md]

| country = Moldova

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The Party of Development and Consolidation of Moldova (PDCM; {{langx|ro|Partidul Dezvoltării și Consolidării Moldovei}}) is a political party in Moldova led by former Prime Minister Ion Chicu.

History

On 31 March 2021, Ion Chicu announced in his telegram channel about the creation of a new political project: the "Party of Development and Consolidation of Moldova".{{Cite web |last=Mail.ru |first=Новости |date=2021-03-31 |title=Ион Кику решил создать новую политическую партию |url=https://news.mail.ru/politics/45767105/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=31 марта 2021 {{!}} Новости Mail.ru |language=ru-RU}}{{Cite web |title=Ион Кику создает свою партию |url=http://logos.press.md/1370_02_2/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=logos.press.md}}{{Cite web |date=2021-03-31 |title=Бывший премьер Молдавии объявил о создании новой проевропейской партии |url=https://aif.ru/politics/world/byvshiy_premer_moldavii_obyavil_o_sozdanii_novoy_proevropeyskoy_partii |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=AiF |language=ru}}

On 17 April 2021, the party successfully passed the registration procedure.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-17 |title=Бывший премьер Ион Кику зарегистрировал свою партию |url=https://esp.md/ru/sobytiya/2021/04/17/byvshiy-premer-ion-kiku-zaregistriroval-svoyu-partiyu |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=СП - Новости Бельцы Молдова |language=ru}}{{Cite web |url=https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/11177477 |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=tass.ru|title=Партия во главе с экс-премьером Молдавии Кику получила регистрацию}}{{Cite web |last=Выприцких |first=Анна |date=2021-04-17 |title=В Молдове зарегистрировали «Партию развития и объединения». Ее возглавил экс-премьер Ион Кику |url=https://newsmaker.md/rus/novosti/v-moldove-zaregistrirovali-partiyu-razvitiya-i-obedineniya-ee-vozglavil-eks-premer-ion-kiku/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=NewsMaker |language=ru}}

In May 2021, the party announced that it would participate in the 2021 parliamentary election.{{Cite web |last=Новости |first=Р. И. А. |date=2021-05-05 |title=Партия экс-премьера Молдавии Кику примет участие в досрочных выборах |url=https://ria.ru/20210505/moldaviya-1731181615.html |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=РИА Новости |language=ru}}{{Cite web |last=Кирчу |first=Ангелина |date=2021-05-05 |title=Официально: Партия Иона Кику примет участие в досрочных выборах |url=https://nokta.md/ofitsialno-partiya-iona-kiku-primet-uchastie-v-dosrochnyh-vyborah/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=Nokta |language=ru-RU}} On 12 June 2021, the party was registered for the elections under number 12.{{Cite web |title=PDCM, partidul lui Chicu, a fost înregistrat de CEC. Va fi al 12-lea în buletinul de vot |url=https://n4.md/pdcm-partidul-lui-chicu-a-fost-inregistrat-de-cec-va-fi-al-12-lea-in-buletinul-de-vot/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=N4 |language=ro-RO}}

In the election, the party received 0.43% of the vote. 6,311 citizens of Moldova voted for this political party.{{Cite web |last=Дмитриева |first=Анна |date=2021-07-12 |title=Партия Иона Кику получила даже меньше голосов чем AUR |url=https://nokta.md/partiya-iona-kiku-poluchila-dazhe-menshe-golosov-chem-aur/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=Nokta |language=ru-RU}}

At the end of August 2022, party leader Ion Chicu welcomed the initiative of the founder of the Democratic Party of Moldova, Dumitru Diacov, to create a centrist bloc.{{Cite web |last=Иримчук |first=Марина |date=2022-08-25 |title=Дмитрий Дьяков собирает блок. В Молдове начинается борьба за политический центр |url=https://newsmaker.md/rus/novosti/dmitriy-dyakov-sobiraet-blok-v-moldove-nachinaetsya-borba-za-politicheskiy-tsentr/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=NewsMaker |language=ru-RU}}

Ideology

On 31 March 2021, Chicu stated that the main goal of the party was to create all conditions for the integration of the Republic of Moldova into the European Union (EU).

On 17 April 2021, Ion Chicu called the party a political formation that shares a Christian democratic political doctrine with a centre-right orientation.

Leadership

President – Ion Chicu
Vice Presidents – Anatol Usatîi, Alexandru Holostenco, Diana Dicusari, Alexandru Botnari and Vlad Castraveț
Secretary General – Viorica Dumbrăveanu

Election results

= Presidential =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" \|Election ! rowspan="2" \|Candidate ! colspan="2" scope="col" \|First round ! colspan="2" \|Second round ! rowspan="2" \|Result
Votes !% !Votes !%
2024 \|Ion Chicu \|31,797 \|{{Percentage bar\|2.06\|hex=71004B}} \| colspan="2" \|*Against Maia Sandu* \|Lost {{Nay}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |Election

! rowspan="2" |Candidate

! colspan="2" scope="col" |First round

! colspan="2" |Second round

! rowspan="2" |Result

Votes

!Votes

2024

|Ion Chicu

|31,797

|{{Percentage bar|2.06|hex=71004B}}

| colspan="2" |Against Maia Sandu

|Lost {{Nay}}

= Local elections =

== Mayors ==

class="wikitable"
Year of elections !Mayors !% of votes !No. seats ! +/–
2023 \| 48 \| 5.36 \|{{composition bar\|48\|898\|hex={{party color\|Party of Development and Consolidation of Moldova}}}} \|

class="wikitable"

Year of elections

!Mayors

!% of votes

!No. seats

! +/–

2023

| 48

| 5.36

|{{composition bar|48|898|hex={{party color|Party of Development and Consolidation of Moldova}}}}

References

Category:Political parties established in 2021

Category:Centre-right parties in Europe

Category:Christian democratic parties in Europe

Category:Pro-European political parties in Moldova

Category:Social conservative parties

Category:Christian democratic parties in Moldova