Commission for studying consequences of Communist regime outlines final report

The commission for studying the consequences of the totalitarian Communist regime in Moldova sketched out the analytical report on the historical, political and legal assessment of the Communist regime in Moldova, which will be rendered at the end of the commission's work. The report will have 500 pages and will cover the period between 1917 and 1991, the commission's secretary Mihai Tasca has told Info-Prim Neo. Moldova's Acting President Mihai Ghimpu issued a decree to start studying the consequences of the totalitarian Communist regime in Moldova on January 14, 2010. During half a month, the commission mapped out the chapters of the future report and the plan of action. “Some of the paragraphs will be written by one person, while others by several persons. The working groups of the commission meet whenever necessary. The historians work very effectively,” Mihai Tasca said. According to him, the commission sent letters to the institutions that hold related documents, namely the National Archive of Moldova, the Archive of Moldova's Social Political Organizations, the special archives of the Ministry of the Interior, the Foreign Ministry and the Security and Information Service. All these institutions reacted promptly. We have a clear picture of what those archives contain. We know how many files are there and have the description of the funds,” the secretary said. Mihai Tasca also said that the commission has its head office at the Faculty of History of the State University of Moldova. The next plenary meeting of the commission will take place on February 20. “We agreed the work program for the next months. It includes fact-finding visits to the countries where similar reports were issued,” Tasca said. The commission is headed by Doctor of History Gheorghe Cojocaru. Historians Sergiu Musteata and Igor Casu act as vice chairmen. It consists of 30 members, 27 of whom have scientific degree, four are academicians, while 11 are Doctors Habilitate. At the first meeting of the commission, the members agreed they will work on a volunteer basis. The state will cover only the costs of xeroxing the documents. The commission will periodically inform the society about its work, make a study, compile a collection of documents and prepare the analytical report on the historical, political and legal assessment of the totalitarian Communist regime. By June 1 this year, it is to submit proposals over the study to the caretaker head of state.