Cazimir defected to Iliescu's Social Democratic Party (PSD) later that year, and in the elections of September the party's vote share fell to 0.1%, resulting in it losing its single seat in Chamber. Interviewed in 2010, Cazimir suggested that his move to the PSD was a continuation of PLS goals. Cornișteanu, who succeeded him as ad-interim president, argues that Cazimir "betrayed" the party statues, and notes that he was listed as an "abandoned member". The PLS was ultimately disbanded in 1996 when new rules required that any party should have at least 10,000 members, or, according to Cornișteanu, when it could no longer support itself financially. However, Cazimir claims, the PLS was undissolvable and still technically existed by 2010, because its statutory clauses encouraged all members to join other parties.