The Democratic Party (PDM) suggests introducing the bill to amend the Broadcasting Code and institute a mechanism for ensuring the information security of the state in the agenda of the Parliament’s sitting of this week. The initiative was proposed by MPs of the PDM and European People’s Parity of Moldova, IPN reports, quoting a press release of the Democratic Party.
The PDM said the initiative is aimed at securing the information space by limiting the broadcasting and retransmission on Moldova’s territory of news, feature, political and military programs from states that didn’t ratify the European Convention on Transfrontier Television. The goal is to fight propaganda and manipulation coming from outside the country, which can cause serious damage to the information security of the state and its people.
Shortly afterward, the Party of Socialists (PSRM) issued a public statement by which it expresses its indignation at the wish of the PDM and “its marionettes from the European People’s Parity of Moldova” to adopt the law that bans so-called Russian propaganda. “In the absence of palpable results inside the country, the only method by which the PDM can keep control over the Government and Parliament is to look for enemies outside the country and to artificially inflate its preferred subject about the Russian threat,” the party said in its press release.
The PSRM noted any attempt to ban the broadcasting of news programs of Russian TV channels is a new provocation against the Russian Federation, “which is Moldova’s main strategic partner”, and also an aggressive intention to limit the freedom of expression and the people’s constitutional right to receive information.
While the PDM proposed the law that bans Russian propaganda, the Russian news agency Tass announced that a court of law of Moscow issued a warrant for the arrest of the Democratic leader Vlad Plahotniuc, who is accused of murder attempt on racial, political, ideological and ethical grounds.
The same day, the Democratic Party issued a press release whereby it expresses its disapproval of the provocative acts of political persecution and harassment to which representatives of the party and officials of the Government and Parliament continue to be subject in Russia. “These abuses committed by several Russian institutions are based on geopolitical reasons and intentions to intimidate, blackmail and harass Moldovan officials. The attempt to cover persons accused of committing offenses on the territory of the Republic of Moldova is another reason for the fabrication of these cases in the Russian Federation. These persons performed and continue to perform activities in the interests of the Russian special services and against the Republic of Moldova,” says the PDM’s press release.
The PDM requested the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova to take the required measures and condemn again these acts of political harassment given that Russia hasn’t yet responded to the previous approach made by the Government and Parliament over abuses committed against a number of Moldovan officials.
