Moldova’s crisis

Moldova is facing a serious political crisis, which has been triggered by the conduct of the parliamentary election on April 5. The crisis is even more serious as   public mistrust in the Moldovan political system has continuously declined over the last several years. Moldovan civil society has repeatedly sent signals to international institutions and the general public about infringements on democratic norms, while continuing to act for furthering democracy in the country. These days, Moldovan organizations continue to appeal to international community to help solve the current crisis, and address its political roots. You can read their statement here.

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  • http://www.kosmopolito.org Kosmopolit

    Which organizations signed this statement and who drafted it?

  • Alina Inayeh

    Because the environment is still extremely volatile, the organizations signing the statement have not been named publicy for fear of retribution.

  • DE Teodoru

    Beware of “exile” or expatriate groups that speak for those within the belly of the beast. Abroad in the West is as good as blind. Still, here goes the impression of my squinting stare for whatever it is worth (maybe nothing). Without taking sides one can discuss and analyze, always remembering how few pixels of density we far abroad can really see. For Moldavians the real issue is that they have to live there and, therefore, a reliably consistent environment to subsist in is the first concern. The recent Ukraine-caused cut off of gas jarred Moldavians as to how bad things can get. And, the fact that remittances from the East have become greater than from the West surely must have sobered many a Moldovan family as to where from comes the “valuta.” Trying to seem as the moderate forces of order and stability, once they received Moscow’s pat on the head, the Voronin forces called for as clean and as little violence as possible in the election. Of course, localisms lead to abuse on all sides, especially if you are the powers that be. Nevertheless, from video footage it is clear that police efforts not to be seen as characteristically prone to violence had created a cloud of Moldovan youth demonstrators there ONLY to take advantage of the tolerance of their exuberance, while foreign agents from next door passed through the crowd to expertly set on fire the seat of the government. IT WORKED! The regime seemed weak and indecisive. Popular “comfort” with its experience, as expressed at the polls, turned into anxiety about its competence. Instead of Bucharest 1989, Chisinau’s population saw the 9/11 American incompetence, now in their own state. Voronin only fueled the fire by pointing to foreign agents. Why couldn’t his security services prevent it? Yushenko has proven to be a catastrophic risk taking interventionist in his battle with Putin. Once again, this has made Moldova the victim, not Russia. Mr. Voronin would do well to exhibit surgical skill in sorting apart the “students” from the “agents” without doing much damage to the former, his compatriots. For the future lies in the ability of the “Communists” to generate a national salvation front to get the nation through the world’s financial crisis. If he sends home the “students” fractured through interrogation, his career as President will end spit upon in the history books. If he now shows appreciation for the national character of his domestic opponents and respect for their youthful commitment, they may become a part of a more broad based Moldova. The Russian “Near-Abroad” as NATO/EU fingers pocked into Moscow’s eyes are over since the Georgian imbecility at the West’s expense. Moldova is not Ukraine and so long as the latter vacillates between stupor and paroxysm, even worse than Belarus, it can in no way be a good ally to Moldova, as proven by the $40 millions Reich-fire of last week. The ice s economically thin and hard blows will crack it out of control….everyone will then sink. Voronin could well end his career like a micro-surgeon; the delicacy of his touch would then go down in history. But if he acts tough and crude, attacking his own nation’s children, he will be seen as the almost 1989 Ceausescu. It’s time for everyone to think rather than to cheat.

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