A controversial and unfinished revolution took place in Moldova on April 7, 2009. That revolution expressed the dissatisfaction of the masses that reacted to the abuses of a government that ruled for eight years and established an authoritarian regime, blocking the normal development of the country, considers the director of the Institute for Political Research and Consultancy “Politicon” Anatol Taranu. Contacted by IPN, the expert said the people’s uprising of April 7, 2009 was actually an unfinished revolution that can yet continue.
“As a result of that revolt, the Communist regime was ultimately removed and replaced by a declared pro-European regime. During a particular period of time, this promoted European reforms, but eventually derailed to an oligarchic system that blocks the development of Moldova, as the former Communist government did,” stated Anatol Taranu. In his opinion, due to this the April 7 revolution can be treated as an unfinished revolution that didn’t fully achieve its goals.
The analyst noted that Communist regime of Vladimir Voronin fell mainly due to the April 7 uprising and it’s normal to presume that a regime that is similar to the Communist one will have the same fate.
According to Anatol Taranu, the events of April 7, 2009 were controversial because the natural revolt of the people was used in favor of ‘occult’ forces. “Those forces didn’t appear when the revolution occurred, but they used its consequences and seized power. The people’s uprising was used by the oligarchic forces that perfidy hid behind the revolt and then came to power. This is in what the main controversy of the 2009 events resides,” said the director of “Politicon”.
In another development, Anatol Taranu said the regime that was established after April 7, 2009 was a dishonest one. “On the one hand, it promoted particular European reforms and this allowed us to sign the Association Agreement with the EU and to obtain a visa-free regime. On the other hand, there were implemented particular illegal schemes. It ultimately became known that these schemes represent the essence of this oligarchic regime that serves the interests of a narrow group of people, to the detriment of the interests of the majority,” he stated.
Anatol Taranu also said that the government used only a part of the power it gained to do European reforms. It primarily distorted the essence of the changes that took place as a result of the April 7, 2009 events and Moldova’s development path in favor of the oligarchic system.
