The commission for studying the totalitarian Communist regime in Moldova recommended the Parliament to condemn the Communist regime of 1924-1991 and ban the use the word 'Communism' and its derivatives and the Communist symbols – the hammer and sickle. Representatives of the Communists Party (PCRM) say that if the Parliament adopts such decision, they will contest it in court, Info-Prim Neo reports. A study, a collection of documents and an analytical report on the historical and political-legal assessment of the totalitarian Communist regime that contains 1,000 pages were submitted to Acting President Mihai Ghimpu on May 31. After he familiarizes himself with the documents, Mihai Ghimpu will table a draft decision based on the recommendations of the commission to the Parliament. In a meeting with Mihai Ghimpu, historian Gheorghe Cojocaru, the commission's chairman, said that the study is an occasion for commemorating the victims of the Communist regime. The historian proposed erecting a memorial complex in central Chisinau, publishing a textbook about the Communist regime and setting up a commission of economists that will assess the damages caused by it. According to the commission's secretary Mihai Tasca, they also suggested transferring the archives kept at the Security and Information Service and the Ministry of the Interior to a civil institution to which all those interested will have access. Mihai Tasca said a program is needed to restore some of the files of the archives because they are old and can be lost. The study, the collection of documents and the analytical report will be published after the head of state familiarizes himself with them. The members of the commission said the Communist regime should be studied further. Mihai Ghimpu thanked the historians for the work done and said the commission should have been constituted earlier, in the 1990s. He added the Parliament could take a decision before the MPs go on the summer vacation. The jurist of the PCRM Sergiu Sarbu has told Info-Prim Neo that the Communists Party hopes the parliamentary groups will prove wisdom and will not support the commission's proposals. “These are illegal, antidemocratic and anti-constitutional acts. If the symbols are banned, we will challenge the Parliament's decision in the national courts, the Constitutional Court and even the ECHR,” the jurist said. Sergiu Sarbu stressed that by signing the decree to set up the given commission, Mihai Ghimpu tried to remove a political opponent before the early legislative elections. The commission for studying the totalitarian Communist regime in Moldova was created under presidential decree on January 14 this year. It was composed of over 30 members - historians and philologists.