The Party of Socialists (PSRM) condemns the intention to withdraw from the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The party plans to launch a nationwide campaign in favor of keeping Moldova’s status of CIS member, IPN reports.
“The current leaders of Moldova, who came to power in 2020-2021, do not have a mandate to destroy our country’s historical ties built during centuries, including during the past 30 years , since the declaring of the Independence of the Republic of Moldova. They promised to the people an honest and upright government, to fight crime and corruption, to raise salaries and pensions, to enhance democracy and freedom of expression, to protect human rights. They do not have the mandate to do geopolitical experiments that divide society,” said the Socialists.
According to the PSRM, the Republic of Moldova will nor survive without keeping the status of full-fledged member of the CIS, without strengthening political, economic, social and spiritual ties with the counties of the Eurasian space.
“A decision to modify the constitutional principles concerning the country’s sovereignty and neutrality, to withdraw from the CIS or any other modification of the geopolitical status-quo of the Republic of Moldova can be taken only based on a national referendum. President Maia Sandu and the PAS party, even if they have a parliamentary majority, do not have the righty to take such decisions in the name of all the people of Moldova,” the PSRM noted in a press release.
Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu on Monday announced that a decision was taken to initiate the procedure for denouncing the agreement on the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CSI). According to him, after 30 years it became clear that Moldova’s presence in the CIS bodies didn’t help the country resolve the Transnistrian conflict and obtain the withdrawal of the Russian army from its territory. The CIS was created by Russia on the ruins of the USSR in order to keep the ex-soviet countries in its sphere of influence.
