Parliamentary inquiry commission asks population to help elucidate April events

The parliamentary commission for the investigation of the causes and consequences of the events that followed the April 5 legislative elections asks anyone with any information about those events to provide it to the commission. In a news conference on November 5, the commission's head Vitalie Nagacevschi said that the information can be given by phone, mail or email during November 6-27. He also said that the given information and the persons who provided it will be made public. Those who will want to remain anonymous, will be guaranteed anonymity. Nagacevschi said that he had asked the international organizations authorized to attend the commission's meetings – the OSCE, the European Commission, the Council of Europe and the UNDP – to delegate representatives or experts. It was also decided that representatives of the Public Policy Institute, Amnesty International Moldova and the Resource Center for Human Rights will also take part in the meetings. Other NGOs that want to participate, must file applications. The commission also asked that the head of the former investigation commission Vladimir Turcan pass on all the collected information. Asked to express his view on the April events, Nagacevschi said that the peaceful, spontaneous protests degenerated into riots and the causes are yet to be established. According to him, the commission should hear all the leaders of the political parties that were somehow connected with those events. The investigation commission was constituted three weeks ago. It is to establish the causes and consequences of the April violent protests and present the results of the investigations within 60 days. Earlier, Nagacevschi said they might not manage to complete the investigations during this term and could ask the Parliament to extend it. The commission will hold its third meeting on Thursday, November 5.