Deciding to take up his seat in the newly elected parliament, Serafim Urechean resigned as mayor of Chisinau on 18 April. Urechean had held the mayor’s post since 1995. In parliament, Urechean will head the Our Moldova Alliance, the largest opposition faction with 23 seats in the 101-member parliament. Urechean's Democratic Moldova Bloc (BMD) won 34 seats in Moldova's 6 March elections, but 11 of its members have since defected.
