Chisinau can penalize the person who support the Transnistrian separatist regime, forcing them thus to observe the rights of the Moldovans in the region. Such a proposal was submitted by the lawyer of the nongovernmental association Promo-LEX Pavel Postica.

In a news conference at IPN, the lawyer said the Moldovan authorities have the leverage needed to question and even punish the persons who violate the human rights in the Transnistrian region, but they prefer not to become involved. As a result, more and more persons are affected. The Transnistrian regime confiscates their possessions and businesses.

The economic penalties can force Tiraspol to act as the Chisinau requests, considers Pavel Postica. The lawyer said that no radical measures, like the military ones, are required, but more effort should be made to protect the citizens. According to him, international monitoring in the region will be welcome.

Pavel Postica stated that it will be soon a year since Promo-LEX submitted a list of 40 people who violate the rights of Moldovans in Transnistria to the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO). The prosecutors can question these persons as they either live on the right bank of the Nistru River or have businesses here. Promo-LEX received yet no answer from the PGO over this list.