MAE forwards proposals for future democratic coalition
The European Action Movement (MAE) has formulated a set of priorities for a democratic government that could be used by the anticommunist parliamentary parties during the next months. The MAE leader Anatol Petrencu told a news conference on Thursday that the 10 priorities had been approved by the party’s Standing Bureau. They formed part of a much larger package proposed for examination, Info-Prim Neo reports.
The 10 principles represent a starting point for transforming Moldova from a poor and isolated country governed by Communists into a free, European and democratic society with high living standards and a new mentality, the MAE says in a communiqué, which was distributed after the news conference.
According to Anatol Petrencu, the priorities of the noncommunist government should include: the investigation of large-scale corruption cases, immediate reformation of the Security and Information Service and of the divisions of the Ministry of the Interior, creation of a joint commission that would investigate the causes of the April 7 events, immediate abolition of the illegal visa regime for Romanian travelers, granting of concessions to national and foreign investors, initiation of the official procedure for joining the European Union, guaranteeing of the independence of the mass media, depoliticization of the post of head of state.
The party’s president said that the future democratic coalition will be faced with the task of ensuring a stable climate for improving the living conditions in Moldova.
The MAE intends to propose the given principles for public debates.