A group of people calls on the population to take part in a protest that will be mounted when the legislative body will examine the no-confidence motion submitted by a number of MPs. In a news conference at IPN, the group made public a statement by which they assume responsibility for the dismissal of the Filip Government.
“If the laws for which the Government assumed responsibility are passed, we will all have to repay the stolen US$1 billion, regardless of our political options or other convictions. We urge you to come to Parliament to support the no-confidence motion by a peaceful protest and to call upon the MPs not to allow this illegality to be committed as it will lead to the complete impoverishment of the population,” reads the statement.
Activist Sergiu Tofilat said that in a civic forum on September 29, experts from the financial-baking sector said there are other solutions for covering the money stolen from the banking system. “The gap generated in the foreign exchange reserves owing to the unwise or even ill-intentioned actions of the Government and the former administration of the National Bank of Moldova should be classed as the central bank’s extra-balance. This should be filled by recovering the money from those who stole the US$1 billion, through the work of the investigation bodies,” he read from the statement.
According to the activist, the citizens of the Republic of Moldova must pay 21 billion lei to the National Bank, which is the loan of 13 billion lei provided by the central bank under state guarantee to the three robbed banks, plus the annual interest rate of 5%. Thus, each citizen will have to pay by about 10,000 lei.
Ex-vice president of the Audit Office Tudor Soimu said the economic frauds that took place in Moldova are much greater in size than it is estimated. “In fact, when we speak about the theft of the US$1 billion, we should know that this problem appeared not in 2012 or 2013, but much earlier, in 2002-2003. Loans started to be then released illegally. In 2010, Parliament prepared for this theft because it banned the Audit Office from checking the work of the central bank. Now the banking policy is checked by no one,” stated Tudor Soimu.
Mihaela Popescu, a member of the Council of Student Organizations of Moldova, said the young people are the most vulnerable section of society and should thus react to the illegalities committed in the country. We, the conscious young people, oppose the assumption by the Government of responsibility for those laws and support the censure motion submitted to Parliament,” she said.
According to activist Sergiu Ungureanu, the money that disappeared was stolen from the people’s pockets. The return of this money by the Government means that fewer resources will be allocated for renovating schools and kindergartens and for maintaining hospitals.
The Parliament’s regulations provide that the no-confidence motion is debated in the first plenary sitting of the week coming after the week when the motion is presented.
