The reforms needed by the country must result in independent justice, an apolitical prosecutor general and forces for maintaining public order that do not serve particular persons, former EU Special Representative to Chisinau Kalman Mizsei said in an interview for Radio Free Europe. According to him, these institutions must ensure transparency in their work and must serve the interests of the state, IPN reports.
“The scrooge of corruption seriously affected the law enforcement bodies. That’s why I hope it will be reduced significantly, but it is also important to ensure a friendly investment climate. Surely, the situation at Banca de Economii demoralized society. That’s why it is important to ensure increased transparency in the financial-banking sector,” stated Kalman Mizsei.
The former EU Special Representative to Chisinau said that despite the dramatic events that took place in Moldova during the last five years, what is happening now generates hope. Geopolitics always plays a particular role in the life of such countries as Moldova, but it would be wrong to explain everything through the geopolitical factor. “Now I think society realizes that it does not matter whether you are a Romanian or Russian speaker. Everyone wants a decent government, authorities that do not rob the people and that do not intervene in justice and a government where an oligarch does not control the prosecutor general, the anticorruption institutions or the police,” stated Kalman Mizsei.
According to him, the oligarchic regime could change something to the better if it is forced to. “That’s why society and the friends of Moldova, like the U.S., the EU and Romania, all force the regime to do real reforms. I understand that the fury is so great that without these reforms, peace in society will be in question,” said the official.
As to the early parliamentary elections, Kalman Mizsei said that those who base their election campaign on the Russian factor, counting on the potential Russian speaking voters from Moldova, could make a mistake because Russia can offer them nothing. Instead, the EU can offer a lot of benefits. Those from Brussels must ask with insistence that the Moldovan authorities do exactly what civil society requests, namely decisional transparency, elimination of corruption and reforms in justice. These demands must be synchronized by the foreign partners and the NGOs.
