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It's not a good idea that the democratic majority in parliament should negotiate with Vladimir Voronin about his immunity, analyst


https://www.ipn.md/en/its-not-a-good-idea-that-the-democratic-majority-7965_977036.html

Political analyst Petru Bogatu considers that the democratic parliamentary majority has no right to negotiate with Vladimir Voronin about his immunity instead of getting votes to elect a president. If this scenario is chosen, it may appear like betraying the electorate, the families of Valeriu Boboc and of the other victims of the April protests, of the killed and tortured young men. Bogatu has told Info-Prim Neo that, certainly, Voronin will like to negotiate his immunity, but also the guarantee his 'grasped' property will not be taken from him and that he will be spared from the penalty for usurping the state power. Viorel Ursu, an analyst with the Brussels-based Open Society Institute, stated for Evenimentul Zilei, quoted by Info-Prim Neo, that the future right-wing Chisinau government could negotiate, with the Communists Party, Vladimir Voronin's retreat from politics, instead of penal immunity. Viorel Ursu gave the example of the former presidents Boris Yeltsin of Russia and Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia. “In comparison with Eduard Shevardnadze, or with Boris Yeltsin, Voronin's departure from government was decided by the people and there can be no bargain in this case: he has no right to withdraw as Yeltsin or Shevardnadze, he must be treated as Milosevic, whom the people got down from government, and then he was sued for crimes and genocide,” Petru Bogatu commented. The analyst maintains the future government must solve this problem, in order to get those 8 votes it fell short of to elect the president, but must not assume responsibility for this negotiation, because it may lose its moral legitimacy and will compromise itself in the democratic act.