The National Council of the Volunteers Union of Moldova expresses its dissatisfaction with the fact that neither the Government, nor the Parliament has yet adopted the bill on the special legal status of war volunteers that provides more concessions to persons who voluntarily joint the Ministry of the Interior in the battle for defending Moldova’s integrity. “We proposed such a bill in 2009 and then in 2010. We made an attempt this year as well, but all in vain,” the Council’s chairman Sergiu Caracai said in a news conference held at Info-Prim Neo on Wednesday. Mihai Moroi, vice president of the Anenii Noi Volunteers Union, said that many of the volunteers returned invalids from the war, lost their job and now are unable even to pay the bills. “Our children are the only persons who help us and maintain us. We were offered no aid and will now not receive old-age pension. We fought for this country and the state has certain responsibilities towards us,” said the combatant. The volunteers said they received only permits from the state, showing that they took part in the Nistru war. The holders of such permits benefit from a discount of 9 lei when they pay for public utilities. No other assistance is provided. Sergiu Caracai said that if the situation does not change, the members of the Volunteers Union of Moldova will have to take to the street to demand rights or will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights. On June 19, the government officials were invited to take part in the events that will be held to commemorate those who died in the Nistru war of 1992. The Volunteers Union of Moldova was registered in 1993. It has over 28,000 members.