Two active representatives of the Moldovan diaspora in France consider that the reforms in Moldova are implemented very slowly and it is highly improbable that they will return to the motherland. The issue was debated in the program “Place for dialogue” on Radio Moldova station, IPN reports.
Vasile Calmatui, who settled in Paris almost 20 years ago, said that things in Moldova change, but slowly and the steps taken are so small that it’s not known how many lives are needed to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
According to Calmatui, the political class of Moldova should be fully replaced by people with the right qualities and there are enough such people in Moldova. But the political leaders will most probably not renounce the power for the benefit of the national interests.
Another Moldovan who settled in Paris Alexandru Levitski also accused the Moldovan political class of doing reforms in Moldova very slowly, but he blames the people’s mentality too. “Our political elite developed not spiritually or intellectually, but financially only. And the people remain with the Soviet mentality. Regretfully, they are used to someone else thinking instead of them. The people must not ask for alms from the government. They must demand that the authorities do their job,” he stated, adding that the ruling parties do not do much for the Moldovans working abroad to return home.
Alexandru Levitski, who runs a business in Paris, is known as an active representative of the Moldovan diaspora in France. He mounted a series of protests in Paris in support of the Moldovan-administered Latin-script schools in Transnistria and against the deployment of Russian troops on Moldova’s territory. He also produces a newspaper of the Moldovan diaspora in Paris.
Vasile Calmatui also runs a business in the capital of France. Since 2004, he has taken part in the organization of events for the community of Bessarabian Romanians in Paris, many of which were reported in Moldova. He heads the Paris Liberal Club and is a member of several associations of Romanians from both sides of the Prut River.
