The Great National Assembly Council supports the protest against the change in the electoral system that is set to be mounted on June 11.
According to a statement read in a news conference at IPN on May 24, the initiatives to modify the electoral system proposed by the Democratic Party and the Party of Socialists divert attention from the real problems of the state and are designed to strengthen the position of the current mafia-type government. The introduction of the majority uninominal voting system or the mixed-member system will enable only one political party, the Democratic Party, to remain in power, namely by fraud, corruption and manipulation.
Great National Assembly Council member Valentin Dolganiuc, who was a member of Moldova’s first Parliament and signed the Declaration of Independence, said the June 11 protest should be a large-scale one to show adhesion to the protest movement and that things in Moldova go wrong and the people are slaves.
“It is important to be solidary. This protest is organized to end the current government’s attempt to replace the electoral system. If they manage to change the system, the state of affairs in the Republic of Moldova will be conserved,” said journalist Vasile Nastase, a Council member and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence.
Vasile Ursu, who also was a member of Moldova’s first Parliament and signed the Declaration of Independence, said the situation in the Republic of Moldova has worsened and the people do not understand what direction we follow.
Victor Leanca, chairman of the Union of Pensioners, said mobilization activities are needed to motivate the people to take to the streets. “A harsh life and death struggle is now given in the Republic of Moldova. In this struggle, each of us has what to say and we should win this struggle,” he stated.
The protest planned for June 11 was announced in a recent news conference by an initiative group that consists of the director of the Institute of Public Policy Arcadie Barbarosie, head of the Legal Resources Center Vladislav Gribincea, manager of the Center for Politics and Reforms Dumitru Alaiba and civic activists Alexei Tulbure, Andrei Donica and Sergiu Tofilat.
