Moldova faces information attacks, Premier

Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii told a news conference on March 31 that Moldova has been recently confronted by information attacks with economic and political character, Info-Prim Neo reports. “The political instability in the country and the attempts of Moldova’s enemies, many of whom want to enter the Parliament of the state that they do not consider independent, to cloud the minds of the people can cause the greatest danger to the national economy,” Greceanii said. “These sharks of the destabilization shake the economic boat of the country and we all risk falling into the water,” the Premier said. “They use the most dishonorable instruments to destabilize the situation in the country. Stability means development and the enemies of the Moldovan statehood are troubled by this,” she said. According to the Premier, the Government has fought against this real information war against the country’s economy. “They attacked the Moldovan leu and tried to make it depreciate suddenly at a time when the country imports most of the energy resources it needs. Our foreign exchange reserves are now much larger than at the start of 2007 and can cover more than four months of imports, when the norm is three months,” Greceanii said. The Premier considers that these attacks are connected with the parliamentary elections. “I hope that when the election campaign is over, there will be not so many attempts of the kind,” she said. “I praise the calm of our society that this time did not give in as last summer, when the prices of basic necessities grew overnight,” Greceanii said. The Prime Minister assured that the leu will not lose its value after the April 5 elections. “Nothing will happen to the national currency and don’t listen to anyone. Everything will be just fine after April 6. I assure you the children will go to school, the hospitals will work and everything will be ok.” Independent economic analysts made many statements for the press, saying that the National Bank of Moldova maintains the exchange rate of the national currency artificially, for electoral purposes. They say that after the parliamentary elections the leu could considerably decrease in value.