Representatives of civil society called on the people to go to the polls on November 30 and to vote for the pro-European parties so as to offer the country the chance to develop further. The appeal was made in a news conference at IPN. The civil society representatives said Moldova’s existence prospects may depend on the results of the November 30 elections and the way they are held.
“As Moldova voted for independence 23 years ago, we call on you to exercise now the most important democratic right and to vote on November 30. These elections are held in a very difficult geopolitical context,” it is said in the call. Civil society reminds that on November 13, 2014, the European Parliament ratified the Association Agreement with Moldova. The responsible and consistent implementation of this accord will transform Moldova into a state for the people, with the rule of law, where everyone will be equal before the law, with a competitive national economy that can ensure workplaces for the Moldovan people at home and with social equity.
Civil society highlights that Ukraine is now the target of a Russian military aggression. Thousands of civilians, including children, were killed, towns were destroyed and hundreds of thousands of persons became refugees and internally displaced people as a result of heavy battles on the continental part of Ukraine. There is now no guarantee that Russia will obey its international commitments and this armed conflict will not reach Moldova’s borders.
“We are aware that Moldovan society is profoundly dissatisfied with the work of the Moldovan political class in general and the behavior of the parties that formed part of the government coalition in particular. During the last government, corruption at the upper level wasn’t rooted out, while the justice sector remained unreformed. The obscure personal interests prevailed over the responsibility before the country’s people. The serious disagreement between the people’s expectations after the elections of November 28, 2010 and the behavior of those who ruled the country cased feelings of disappointment and confusion and can make the people refuse to go to the polls on November 30,” said the representatives of civil society.
They noted that the EU’s significant contribution to the country’s development over the last four years cannot be yet neglected. “We assumed the responsibility to penalize publicly the political class every time the European commitments of the authorities were violated. But, it is evident that only the swift formation of a pro-European coalition after the November 30 elections will allow us to keep the internal stability and to work to daily implement the European standards in all the spheres of life,” reads the call.
The call was signed by the secretary general of the National NGO Council Antonita Fonari, executive director of the Institute of Public Policy Arcadie Barbarosie, director of the Resource Center for Human Rights Sergiu Ostaf, director of the Journalistic Investigations Center Cornelia Cozonac, head of the National Youth Center of Moldova Doru Curosu, executive director of the Women’s Political Club “50x50” Ecaterina Mardarovici, human rights expert Andrei Brighidin, electoral strategist Olga Nicolenco, and director of the European Institute for Political Studies in Moldova Viorel Cibotaru.
