Following the October 20 vote and the validation of the referendum by the Constitutional Court, the objective of joining the European Union now also becomes a constitutional provision, said former Deputy Prime Minister Nicu Popescu, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. According to him, a constitutional provision is an essential step, but it does not guarantee the fulfillment of our constitutional objectives. Although we now have a new Constitution, in which the European future is enshrined, the struggle to become part of the European family continues, both up to and after accession day. "Now we must do our best to be led by leaders who respect and act according to the Constitution," Nicu Popescu said, quoted by IPN.
The former foreign minister considers that the introduction of the objective of joining the EU in the Constitution is a victory, even if it was overshadowed by the toxic influence of tens of millions of euros invested by the Russian Federation to thwart the European course of the country and by the decision of tens of thousands of fellow citizens to sell their vote and, with it, the common future.
"What's next? A constitutional provision is an essential step, but it does not guarantee the fulfillment of our constitutional objectives. There are many countries with constitutions that proclaim democracy, but which became dictatorships after autocratic leaders ignored these provisions. And for us, in Moldova, although we now have a new Constitution that enshrines our European future, our struggle to become part of the European family continues, both up to and after the day of accession. Now we must do our best to be led by leaders who respect and act in accordance with the Constitution, not with instructions from outside," said Nicu Popescu, who is also one of the founders of the "Citizens for Europe" initiative.
The former deputy prime minister said that in Moldova, the leaders who tried to bring the state back to dictatorship were defeated. "We have resisted, for decades, the hybrid pressures coming from the East – from the supporting of separatism and occupation of a part of the country by Russia to the illegal keeping of Russian troops, embargoes imposed on Moldovan products, manipulation of gas prices, artificial inflation of debts and reduction of natural gas supplies. We coped with all this, including the attempts to frustrate the election through propaganda and vote buying, because we are a free people and because there are more of us," stated Nicu Popescu.
In his opinion, it is now essential for everyone to vote this Sunday, to choose again freedom and respect for the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova.
