The right to protest should not encroach upon other people’s rights to public order, to proper functioning of the city, the country and the world in general. It is inadmissible for the rights of some to violate the rights of others. The right to protest should be a conscious one – the person who protests should be able to formulate the demand and to understand it, said experts invited to a public debate hosted by IPN.
Igor Boțan, the standing expert of IPN’s project, said that today he got to his workplace in an hour and a half. This is four times longer than usual. “It is unacceptable for the rights of others, their exercise to violate the rights of others. My opinion is that the authorities should take all the measures not to allow the rights of other citizens to be violated,” stated the analyst.
Writer Maria Pilkin noted that the right to protest is very important and she would go to defend it if this right was not ensured. But the right to protest should not encroach on the others’ rights to public order, to the proper functioning of the city, the country and the world in general.
Committee for Unity and Wellbeing member Igor Klipii, associated expert of the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives “Viitorul”, noted that the right to protest is a right that should be a conscious one. “The person who protests should be able to formulate the pretension and to understand it. A protester cannot simply arrogate attention to themselves at the expense of the others. In this case, there is a contradiction as some persons’ protest is aimed at defending rights by violating the rights of others,” said the expert. According to him, the blocking of streets by protesters is a provocation. “It is a political struggle that should not affect the citizens at all,” said Igor Klipii, Moldova’s ex-ambassador to Lithuania.
The protesters mobilized by the Shor Party on Sunday put up tents right on Ștefan cel Mare Blvd, blocking movement this way. The Police said repeatedly that it is the responsibility of the local public administration to intervene, while the municipality shifts responsibility onto the central administration. On Monday morning, the tents were removed by the police with the assistance of a special purpose team and the street was reopened to traffic.
The public debate entitled “About the Moldovan state’s and society’s attitude to persons who flee from mobilization in Russia, with and without Moldovan nationality” was the 263rd installment of IPN’s project “Developing Political Culture through Public Debates” that is supported by the Hanns Seidel Foundation.
