Moldova leader fails to get opposition votes to elect president

CHISINAU, June 3 (RIA Novosti) - Moldova's outgoing Communist President Vladimir Voronin has failed to secure the opposition parties' consent to take part in a vote to elect a new president.

Moldova's recently elected parliament is having a second and final vote on Wednesday to elect a president. The previous ballot failed over the opposition's boycott. Fresh elections will be required if lawmakers fail to approve the Communists' nominee.

Our Moldova opposition alliance leader Serafim Urechean told reporters after talks with Voronin that the president's cooperation proposal had come too late.

Liberal Democratic Party leader Vlad Filat said: "We have no moral right to strike deals with the Communists."