The PER developed its own moderate wing, which looked more favorably on cooperation between Zionism and communism. On July 21, 1946, Zissu resigned from the PER presidency (being followed shortly after by the group's general secretary, Moți (or Motti) Moscovici); he was later forced out from the Zionist Executive by a cartel of CDE and Ihud members. During its early phase, the reformed PER announced that it would present an independent list for the general election of November. On October 10, 1946, PER delegates B. Rohrlich and I. Ebercohn sealed an alliance with the PCR's Bloc of Democratic Parties (BPD). The resulting Jewish Representation, also including the UER and the CDE, was assigned three positions on the BPD list; it had for a main candidate Rohrlich, who ran in Botoșani County. On the campaign trail, communist leaders embraced Zionist slogans, with Luca declaring himself favorable to a Jewish state, when addressing an all-Jewish audience, and the official newspaper "Timpul" hosting reportage pieces about Jewish life in Palestine. The campaign saw Zionists participating on BPD electoral squads, which destroyed propaganda presented by opposition parties, but also witnessed attempts at anti-BPD resistance by Jewish defectors from the PCR. During the race, an independent, religious Zionism was only represented by Mizrachi.