(MissionNewswire) The Parliament of Moldova failed to elect a permanent president on Dec. 16, 2011, slowing down reforms in the country which, according to Reuters, is one of the poorest in Europe.

While only one candidate was running in the latest election, communist party members boycotted the vote and prevented the election of the acting president Marian Lupu, described as left of center. The Parliament must now schedule another election within a month, or face all new parliamentary elections. Moldova has had no permanent president since communist leader Vladimir Voronin stepped down in September 2009.

Among the economic reforms that are expected to be affected are efforts to create jobs in the country. In her article, “Children Heading Households in Moldova”, The New York Times journalist Isabel Castro reports that as many as a quarter of the 4.3 million people listed as living in Moldova actually work in Italy and other Western[...]

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