The Republic of Moldova is now at a prolonged transition stage even if there are no standards as to how long a period of transition from a totalitarian regime to a democratic one should be, Alexandru Solcan, dean of the Faculty of International Relations, Political and Administrative Sciences of the State University of Moldova, stated in the talk show “Fabrika” on Publika TV channel, IPN reports.

According to him, the transition period is determined by a number of factors, including the situation of the state at the start of this period, the starting conditions, the historical and social mentality. Moldova is at the fourth democratization wave and needs the support of other states as welfare is one of the conditions of democratization.

Alexandru Cauia, head of the youth organization of the Democratic Party, said that even if the Republic of Moldova set the European model as its development model in 2005, the state started to implement this model very strictly and didn’t adjust it to the local realities. “I consider this is a crucial mistake. We should adopt other methods to assimilate knowledge – by analysis, comparison, critical analysis. All the governments promised assimilated reforms, not reforms adjusted to our realities,” he stated.

He noted that the European Union was a very god teacher in providing information, counting on the fact that Moldova was eager to learn. Moldova was naïve to think that reforms will occur overnight and didn’t understand that only a recipe was offered to it and this should be put into practice.