PCRM has responded to criticism about this from groups it says are funded by the meat, dairy, or chemical industries by stating it has no corporate affiliation with any animal protection group, and that PETA's contribution to PCRM was small.

It writes that vegetarian diets are low in saturated fat, high in dietary fiber, contain phytochemicals that PCRM argues help prevent cancer, and contain no cholesterol.

PCRM argues that animal experiments are ineffective because inter alia the pain and stress animals experience in laboratories — isolation, confinement, noise, and lack of exercise — contaminate the results of the experiments.

After the parliamentary election held on 5 April 2009, the PCRM won 49. 48 % of the vote and 60 seats, one seat too few to elect a President.

The statement released by the PCRM announced that the advertisement would be broadcast on The Daily Show and local news broadcasts starting on September 16, 2010, in Washington, D. C., a city that the group says has a higher concentration of fast food outlets than other, similarly sized cities.

PCRM plans to lobby Washington mayor Adrian Fenty to impose a ban on the construction of new fast-food dining establishments in the city.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA ) and the foundation that manages it — the Foundation to Support Animal Protection, also known as the PETA Foundation — donated over $ 850, 000 to PCRM between 1988 and 2000, and Barnard sat on the Foundation's board until 2005.

After the Communist party was legalised again by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova ( PCRM ) on 7 September 1993, the PCM was reborn as the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova, which became the largest party in Moldova since the 2001 elections, and the ruling party from 2001-2009.

In the parliamentary election in March 2005, the PCRM received 46. 1 % of the vote and won 56 seats in the 101-member Parliament — more than enough for the 51-vote minimum required to remain in government, but short of the 61 votes necessary to elect a president.

In the snap parliamentary election in July 2009, the PCRM won 44. 69 % of the vote, which is more votes than any other individual party, and gained 48 seats, but it lost its parliamentary majority to a coalition of opposition parties which has 53 seats.

The PCRM won 50. 07 % of the vote and 71 of the 101 seats in the February 2001 parliamentary election ; by this time the constitution had been changed to provide for election of the President through the Parliament rather than popular vote.

The PCRM was part of the Popular Patriotic Forces Front at the time of the 1996 presidential election, in which Voronin stood as the coalition's candidate and won 10. 3 % of the vote, placing third.

PCRM — along with PETA and groups such as the Centers for Disease Control, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving — has been the subject of public criticism for several years by the Center for Consumer Freedom ( CCF ), a non-profit lobby group representing the food and beverage industry.

CCF called PCRM a front for PETA, arguing that when PCRM offers health advice, they " do a very slick job of obscuring their real intentions ," which is simply to oppose the use of meat, dairy products and alcohol.

PCRM has a paid staff of 35, with a membership of approximately 9, 000 physicians and 120, 000 supporting members, including dietitians, psychologists, nurses, other science and health professionals, and laypeople.

A other communist party was founded in 2012, the Communist Party of Moldova ( 2012 ), which claimes the PCRM isn't communist but social democratic.

He was the third President of Moldova from 2001 until 2009 and has been the First Secretary of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova ( PCRM ) since 1994.

In 1994 he was elected President of the PCRM.

Another communist party was founded in 2012, the Communist Party of Moldova ( 2012 ) ( CPM ), which claimes that the PCRM isn't actually communist but social democratic.

The PCRM is part of the Party of the European Left.

The PCRM was registered as a political party in 1994.

The party supported Petru Lucinschi in the second round of the election, and following Lucinschi's victory the PCRM was given two positions in the government.

In the March 1998 parliamentary election, the PCRM won 30. 1 % of the vote and 40 seats, becoming the largest party in parliament ; in its platform, it called for " the rebirth of a socialist society ".

Despite its strong showing, the PCRM was left in opposition due to the formation of a center-right coalition government, Alliance for Democracy and Reforms.

Subsequently the PCRM received 49. 9 % of the vote in the February 2001 parliamentary election, winning 71 out of the 101 seats in parliament.

With a PCRM parliamentary majority, Voronin was elected as President by parliament in April 2001.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine ( PCRM ) is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D. C., which promotes a vegan diet, preventive medicine, alternatives to animal research, and encourages what it describes as " higher standards of ethics and effectiveness in research.

PCRM was founded in 1985 by Neal D. Barnard of the George Washington University Medical School.

Orbán responded " If we don ’ t reach an agreement, we ’ ll still stand on our own feet.

An anecdote has it that when Philip II sent a message to Sparta saying " If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta ", the Spartans responded with the single, terse reply: " If.

Henny, who got an apple in his face, responded by saying " If you keep this up then there'll be a real Nightnurse on hand.

" Possibly the two most famous of all such anecdotes report that Lady Astor said to Churchill, " If you were my husband, I'd poison your tea ," to which he responded, " Madam, if you were my wife, I'd drink it!

If we responded to difficult situations with a positive or peaceful mind they would not be problems for us.

When President Bush's 2003 budget proposal threatened to cut education grants, she responded, " If he can run deficits for the military, then he can run deficits to educate our children.

The pragmatic church president responded, " If there is water for thirty families, you have my permission.

Ogden responded by wiring to the head office, " If this is not the book for you, then I am not the editor for you.

Rae responded that " Sri Lanka is afraid of dialogue, afraid of discussion, afraid of engagement ... If this is how they treat me, imagine how they treat people who can't speak out.

The Queen responded that " If he will but once attend the Protestant Service, he shall not only see his wife and children, but be restored to his honors and estates with every mark of my royal favor.

* In a 2011 episode of British television show, The X-Factor, judge Louis Walsh caused some controversy when he responded to a contestant's performance of " Dancing in the Street " with, " If Berry Gordy was alive, he'd sign you ," unaware that Gordy was still alive.

In June 1992, Clinton responded both to that quotation and to something Souljah had said in the music video of her song “ The Final Solution: Slavery ’ s back in Effect ” (" If there are any good white people, I haven't met them ") while giving a speech to Jesse Jackson Sr .' s Rainbow Coalition, saying, “ If you took the words ‘ white ’ and ‘ black ,’ and you reversed them, you might think David Duke was giving that speech .”

Bond responded with the prophetic response " If only I had the strength, how the fitters would fly ; My poor country Newfoundland, the last stage ".

If they responded in an unfavorable manner, the Directory would refuse to accept their credentials.

" Carmon responded to this by stating that his employment history is not a secret and was not political, as he served under opposing administrations of the Israeli government and that perhaps the issue was that he was Israeli: " If your complaint is that I am Israeli, then please say so.

" He responded: " If they had a supposed terrorist in their possession, why the hell did they let me go?

Phocion responded, " If my sons are like me, my farm, which has enabled my present eminence, will suffice for them.

If the mother never responded playfully, sooner or later the baby would stop trying to elicit play from her.

In a 2010 interview with The Telegraph, La Plante complained, “ If my name were Usafi Iqbadal and I was 19, then they ’ d probably bring me in and talk .” “ But ... it ’ s their lack of respect that really grates on me .” She went on to say, " If you were to go to the BBC and say to them, ‘ Listen, Lynda La Plante ’ s written a new drama, or I have this little Muslim boy who's just written one ’, they ’ d say: ‘ Oh, we ’ d like to see his script .’” Ben Stephenson ( BBC Controller of Drama ) responded, " She has one piece at the moment, and one that we paid fully for the script development.

" Cooper responded, " If you'll pardon me, I was sent here to represent my constituents, and I intend to vote as I think best.

If it was pointed out to him that his assertions did not work mathematically, he responded: " Calculation can only lead you astray.

" If it was pointed out that there existed photographic evidence that the Milky Way was composed of millions of stars, he responded that the pictures had been faked by " reactionary " astronomers.