In its 25 years of Independence, Moldova has been through some many dreams and disillusionment that would be enough for a hundred years. Life was tumultuous, full of events and games. It wasn’t boring and the people can be proud of it. The opinion was shared by Sergiu Prodan, head of the Moldovan Filmmakers’ Union, in an interview for IPN within the series “Thoughts about and for Moldova”.
According to him, the abovementioned can be easily included under the “accomplishments” column. He explained that to “try but fail” and to fail intentionally are two different things. “I get the impression that we failed in everything intentionally. We wanted this and we got it. We wanted to fake some processes and we were successful at it. Our reputation has known some fantastic ups and downs, from being the most unknown country in the Soviet Union we became a success story and then we fell into the inferno again, as Europe’s poorest country. That’s quite a feat. We have worked, plotted, planned for it”, quipped Prodan.
20 years ago, when everybody was thinking about finding Moldova a place in this world, many said that wine can represent our country. Sergiu Prodan notes that, in the end, it was not our wine but our financial system that made us useful in the world. “We did not become the world’s bordello, the world’s wine cellar, but we became its money laundry. It’s not that easy. Not every country has the brains to design such a system, to implement and maintain it”, stressed the director.
In his opinion, change in Moldova must start from the mentality of the people. “We are still Homo sovieticus, who escaped the supervision and the stick of the Soviet Communist Party, which was tough, but at least had some principles and values. We are exactly like kids when parents leave the apartment. Parents can be good or bad, violent, alcoholic, unfair, but when they leave the house, children do whatever they want. We are still these kids who, after 25 years, still have grown up to become parents, people in charge of the house, of this way of life. We are still those kids who cannot believe their freedom of action and are doing whatever comes to mind. We are afraid that soon our evil, alcoholic parents might return and punish us for what we are doing now, because we are aware we are not behaving now”, explained Prodan.
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 entitled “Thoughts about and for Moldova” and articles have started to be published on July 18.
