The middle class of society, which has higher incomes and becomes involves more in the decision-making process, must be the stake, said the leader of the European People’s Party of Moldova (PPEM) Iurie Leanca. In an interview for IPN, the politician noted that when he and his colleagues founded the party, they aimed to form a party of the middle class.
“The middle class has a sufficient income to analyze things, to become involved in politics and to make a correct choice. During these 25 years, we failed to create the middle class and I don’t think that Moldova will be powerfully fixed on the upward trend until the middle class is not created,” said the leader of the PPEM.
According to the politician, the poor people think only how to survive and do not use their creative, critical and other kinds of potential. “Poverty definitely had a bad effect on the country and the people’s votes. When the only interest of the people is how to survive until the next pension or how to feed their family, the readiness to support particular populist persons is surely greater,” he noted.
The middle class must consist of small and medium-sized entrepreneurs who must be the driving force of the economy. “In the European Union, the economy 90% consists of SMEs that are started today and can go bankrupt tomorrow, but they create jobs and easier adjust to the market requirements. We failed in this regard. We tried when I was Prime Minister to diminish the pressure on these entrepreneurs and to facilitate access to cheap loans and to foreign markets, but didn’t manage to and now I do not see a strategic thinking in this regard. Most of the Moldovans who left - the hundreds of thousands - match well this middle class,” stated Iurie Leanca.
The leader of the PPEM also said that today the middle class becomes more interested in the political process and wants guarantees that it will not be robbed. “If they go to court, they want to be sure that the law is respected. When they pay taxes, they want these to be used for the benefit of society. The middle class, when it knows to occupy a much better place in society, becomes a catalyst for maintaining great pressure on the government. This middle class that knows to analyze things and to demand because it pays taxes is the most important objective. This class is usually more honest as it realizes the responsibilities towards the state,” he said.
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the declaration of Moldova’s Independence, IPN News Agency decided to depict the portrait of the current Republic of Moldova. For the purpose, it provoked a number of people, including state officials, politicians, businessmen, civil rights activists and persons without posts and titles, but who have what to say. The generic picture is called “Thoughts about and for Moldova. The articles started to be published on July 18.
