Mihai Ghimpu orders studying consequences of Communist regime in Moldova

A commission was set up under presidential decree to study and assess the consequences of the totalitarian Communist regime in Moldova. Moldova's Acting President Mihai Ghimpu issued the decree on January 14, Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting the presidential press service. 'The Declaration of Sovereignty of June 23, 1990 and the Declaration of Independence of August 27, 1991 meant for Moldova not only the removal of the totalitarian Communist regime, but also the chance of building a democratic society. Though Moldova made progress in establishing a state of law and in coming closer to the EU during about two decades, it remains a country that does not know the truth about the totalitarian Communist regime,” says the decree. The decrees also says that the objective and multilateral informing of the society about the consequences of this regime is extremely necessary because the generations that appeared in the post-Communist period must know the essence of the totalitarian Communist regime and not admit the coming to power of similar regimes in the future. According to the document, the commission was set up on the basis of two resolutions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of 1996 and of 2006. They condemn the crimes committed by this regime and envision the elimination of the inheritances of the former totalitarian Communist systems. The commission is composed of historians, writers, politologists and philologists. Doctor of History Gheorghe Cojocaru was named chairman of the commission, while historians Sergiu Musteata and Igor Casu – vice chairmen. Mihail Tasca will act as secretary. The commission will periodically inform the society about its work, make a study, collect documents and prepare an analytical report on the historical, political and legal assessment of the totalitarian Communist regime.