Verbal duel between Voronin and Diacov on TV channel

13.07.2017 08:49
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The leader of the Party of Communists Vladimir Voronin and the president of honor of the Democratic Party Dumitru Diacov made accusations against each other and had heated discussions on the main problems faced by the Republic of Moldova in the program “Emphasis on today” on TVR Moldova channel, IPN reports.

Ex-President of Moldova Vladimir Voronin said the Republic of Moldova witnessed a period of real development only during the eight years of Communist government. “Today the people are independent only in taking the decision to leave the country,” he stated.

In reply, Dumitru Diacov noted that during the 26 years of the declaration of independence, the Republic of Moldova has gained a unique experience, while the Party of Communists governed in a disastrous way. “The Baltic states were helped by the EU from the start. We can see what state was reached by other ex-Soviet states like Armenia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and others. Voronin exploited the feelings of the nostalgic people in order to come to power. He then formed an alliance with Iurie Rosca and staged a show in the street. In 2009, the Republic of Moldova no longer had friends abroad and we were all alone,” he stated.

Vladimir Voronin retorted that the independence of a country does not mean being controlled by someone, while Iurie Rosca is wiser than Diacov and the rest of those from the Democratic Party. He accused Diacov of selling the PDM, which developed MP corruption in Parliament. “They paid €3 million to Igor Dodon for this to vote for Timofti President and €5 million for making the 14 traitors (Communist MPs - e.n.) to join them,” stated Vladimir Voronin.

Dumitru Diacov replied that he was also betrayed, but didn’t go on TV to say that the MPs were bought. He noted that in 2001, when the Party of Communists had a constitutional majority in Parliament, he urged Voronin to amend the supreme law to ban the cruising of MPs, but this refused. Voronin responded yet that no such discussions were held.

Voronin offered Diacov a season ticket for half a year for the newspaper ”Comunistul” (“Communist”), but the latter said he would not read this paper because it is boring.