Society in Moldova is used to the situation when the tsar, king decides everything, while the people carry out instructions obediently, without thinking critically. In such societies, it is very important for the political elites to understand that they must contribute to the institution of critical mentality in the country, the executive director of the Institute for Public Policy Arcadie Barbarosie says in article produced by IPN.
“Our leaders indulged in the applauses of the frenzied crowd, either with knot-shaped bread or with towels. The people do not ask what you, head of state, head of government, members of Parliament will do to develop infrastructure, economy, education and healthcare,” stated Arcadie Barbarosie.
According to him, the elites used their position firstly to enrich themselves, stimulating thus corruption in society. “Today we reached the situation when, being an independent country that started its development path unforced, we have a captive state controlled by one person,” he stated.
Arcadie Barbarosie believes that this is a disease of the childhood of democracy, while the people got used to understanding democracy only once in four years, when going to vote. But democracy means something else. In the period between elections, the administration must be permanently monitored so that it does not commit illegalities and does things in the interests of society. This exists everywhere, starting with the lower level up to Parliament.
He noted that the elections remain the only instrument for punishing the leaders who didn’t meet the people’s demands. The bad side is that our society often has to choose between bad and worse. When there is this division on the eastern and western dimensions, we often vote ours and ours are thieves, but they promise to continue the European reforms here, in Moldova. But these reforms were fully discredited, regardless of what the leaders say.
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the declaration of Moldova’s Independence, IPN News Agency decided to depict the portrait of the current Republic of Moldova. For the purpose, it provoked a number of people, including state officials, politicians, businessmen, civil rights activists and persons without posts and titles, but who have what to say. The generic picture is called “Thoughts about and for Moldova”. The articles started to be published on July 18.
