The Socialist MPs will draft a new bill on the functioning of languages on the territory of the Republic of Moldova and will introduce it into Parliament. The announcement was made by MPs Vlad Batrîncea, Bogdan Țîrdea and Vasile Bolea in a press briefing, IPN reports.

“A roundtable meeting involving representatives of a number of ethnic groups and experts will be staged on Friday at the Interethnic Relations Bureau so as to take a final decision as to the form in which the bill will be presented to Parliament. It’s definite that Parliament will adopt a document on the functioning of languages. The bill will provide a clear status for the Russian language,” stated Vlad Batrîncea.

According to Bogdan Țîrdea, by its judgment, the Constitutional Court denied not only the right of the Russian speakers, but also of the Moldovans who consider that their language is Moldovan. “In fact, it annulled the status of the Moldovan language, replacing it with the Romanian language, and seriously violated the Constitution, which clearly says that our language is Moldovan. 60% of the population, according to all polls, consider that they speak Moldovan, not Romanian. This way, the Constitutional Court’s arguments that 80% of the population are Romanians are at least contrary to the scientific reality and represent gross distortion of the reality,” stated Bogdan Țîrdea.

He noted it is important for the Moldovan citizens for Russian to have an official status. “During 30 years, the Russian language has helped us to maintain interethnic unity and a dialogue with Transnistria. At the same time, the Constitutional Court, at the suggestion of the MPs of the pro-presidential party, throw a bomb that threaten peace, territorial integrity and national unity in our country,” said the MP.

For his part, Vasile Bolea said that both the international agreements signed by Moldova and a Constitutional Court judgment of 2018 envision the drafting and implementation of such a law on Moldova’s territory.

The law on the functioning of languages spoken on the territory of the Republic of Moldova, which was adopted on December 16, 2020, was declared unconstitutional. The president of the Constitutional Court Domnica Manole said the decision was taken following the examination of two challenges filed by MPs Octavian Țîcu, Dinu Plîngău and Maria Ciobanu. The decision is accompanied by a separate opinion of constitutional judge Vladimir Țurcan.