Moldovan experts, politicians and opinion leaders have different opinions about the pro-European assembly staged on November 3. Some consider that it was a successful event that showed the people’s unity, while others believe it was used to polish the image of the current government that has been tarnished after 2009, IPN reports.
In the program “Vox publika” on Publika TV channel, Vlad Batrancea, a member of the Party of Socialists, said the November 3 event was a farce and the people were brought to it by force, based on lists. “There were many ordinary people, but none of them replied. There were used public resources with a bad taste. We are in the 21st century, but they brought people like in the Middle Ages. We condemn such actions. They say they have thousands of party members, but brought ordinary people. It is a speculation to name this show a national assembly,” he stated.
Theater director Sandu Grecu said the event held in the Great National Assembly Square gives him the right to say that Moldova heads only for the EU. “The people weren’t brought by Kalashnikov guns. They came because they are afraid to return to what was earlier. We are only at the beginning of our road to Europe. It’s nothing terrible if the people were brought as they were brought. It’s normal to mobilize the people at such events,” he said.
Journalist Tatiana Nita stated that she saw TV reports where people said they didn’t know what they came for and what was the purpose of the meeting. For his part, journalist Marian Cepoi said the fact that the people cannot express themselves clearly does not mean that they didn’t know why they were there, while the event is a success of the power and society.
Viorica Ticu, senior lecturer at the Moldova Free International University, said Moldovan society is divided, while those who came to the assembly came with the hope that they will live in a better world. “We are a weak society in an ideological crisis. We do not know where to anchor ourselves. We must bring things in order at home and decide what we want and where we want to go,” she stated.
Blogger Diana Guja considers the Moldovans want in the EU, but do not know what’s waiting for them there. “Europe starts with each of us. Things will start to change when everyone understands what Europe is and that we must work hard to reach the same level as Germany or the Netherlands,” she said.
On November 3, the parties that formed the Pro-European Coalition mounted a public assembly in the Great National Assembly Square to show that the Moldovan people support the European course. According to the organizers, the event involved over 100,000 people.
