INDEPENDENCE IN THE MIRROR — Info-Prim Neo series

[On August 27, the Republic of Moldova turns 17 years since it proclaimed its Independence. On this occasion, Info-Prim Neo News Agency starts a series of materials presenting certain views on what is called in specialty speech as “the state of the nation” at a certain period in history. We thought it right to use this occasion to let as many as possible people say their opinions, people with as many as possible beliefs and viewpoints concerning the wishes of the year 1991, seeming so far and so close, at the same time, and what has been achieved so far. The coming days, a concourse of people will visit Info-Prim Neo, maybe tens of personalities with important roles in the events having occurred all these years in Moldova, regardless of how they were, are and will be treated by people and History. We had the ambition to invite all the presidents and prime-ministers who have led this country for 17 years. We have approached former and present politicians belonging to different schools, opinion leaders, artists and simple citizens. It seems we had a single interest for all of them: how can they look at the Independence as if in a mirror. Because, in our opinion, the attempt to assess the state of things in the country on an occasion as the Independence anniversary is much similar to consider one's own face in a mirror. Other things are seen, the whole reality is seen as it is. Info-Prim Neo's guests today are the President of the Parliament of the Independent Republic of Moldova, Alexandru Mosanu and the former Premier, Ion Ciubuc, and we'll also remember the regretted Ion and Doina Aldea-Teodorovici and Gheorghe Ghimpu. Info-Prim Neo team]