The President of the DA Platform Party, Andrei Nastase, says that he will fight also with "so called friends" from PLDM and PAS in the elections, who are trying to "play with the National Interest". The statement was made for Jurnal TV, after the PLDM President, Viorel Cibotaru, stated that the voters of his Party prefer Maia Sandu as a mutual nominee at the Presidential campaign.

"We won't make any difference when someone is toying with the National Interest... The politics in Chisinau were always unfair and unfriendly. But I stay committed to what I promised and I will not stray from this step... No one can throw away a huge chance like this that we worked hard for, 400 thousand signatures were collected, we froze on the streets, we went in the country, we went through Diaspora, we resisted to some political and justice lechery. That is why we must to go all the way through. If it will be needed, we will fight and with so called friends. We won't make a difference when someone is toying with the National Interest", stated Nastase.  

We remind you that Viorel Ciubotaru stated for the Brussels journalists of the Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty that "the most of the PLDM voters are supporting Maia Sandu", that is why he will propose to the National Political Council of PLDM to make a decision on this matter. 

Also it is very important that we remind you that earlier, Andrei Nastase stated that he would take the burden of the electoral campaign on his shoulders for the post of the President of the Republic of Moldova, ranging himself as "a gentleman". In return, Maia Sandu accused him of anti-feminism. 

On the August 8th, PLDM, PAS and PPDA signed a mutual statement in which they took the commitment to go together with a mutual in the presidential race. The nominee was to be selected from two choices: Andrei Natase and Maia Sandu.

Afterwards, the political analyst Oazu Nantoi, came with a public urge that both the possible candidates to sit at the round table, suggesting the fact that neither will yield in the other's favor.  

After a few days, the ex-Prime-Minister Ion Sturza addressed a message to Maia Sandu, through which he urged her to to draw back from the electoral race.  

After Sturza's statement, the TV post close to PPDA promoted multiple analysts, who attacked Sandu, creating a sense in the public space that Maia Sandu is stubborn and she does not want to withdraw from the race. 

At some point, the PAS leader refused to debate with Nastase at the TV post Jurnal TV, invoking that this is not a equidistant TV post. Accusations of antifeminism and others followed after that.