Moldova had the chance to successfully start the building of the rule of law, said jurist Ștefan Gligor. “The bases of this were laid by the Party of Communists, which took the first steps towards the European integration, but it missed this chance,” reminded the expert of IPN’s project “Overcoming European integration stereotypes through communication”.
“Vladimir Voronin and the Party of Communists realized that the state should be developed and the economy should be revitalized. The country was in an impasse and the refusal to cooperate with the developed states would have been catastrophic. However, by reorienting to the EU, the Communists didn’t understand the importance of the rule of law. They started to use in their interests the Center for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption, the prosecution service and took the organized crime to a new level by incorporating the legal supervisory body into it. Instead of building the rule of law, they started to want more and thus lost Europe’s support,” Ștefan Gligor stated in the public debate “Translation difficulties: Why do Russian speakers have reservations about Euro-integrators?”
According to him, today too many politicians benefit from a system that was created a decade ago. “Taking into account the enormous financial possibilities of these politicians in using political technologies that divide society, we have few chances of uniting and of starting the country development processes,” said the expert.
He noted two conditions that can ensure improvements in Moldova. “First of all, we need new politicians who would refuse to accept corruption – people with immunity to large amounts of money that belong to someone else. Secondly, we should unite the people around the reformation agenda aimed at building the rule of law, first of all an independent and efficient justice system,” stated Ștefan Gligor.
The expert considers that a simple parliamentary majority is needed for these two conditions to be met. “We are a parliamentary republic and we should focus the public agenda on particular things so as to break the vicious circle and to stop taking about geopolitics and dividing society,” he opined.
The public debate “Translation difficulties: Why do Russian speakers have reservations about Euro-integrators?” forms part of the series “Overcoming European integration stereotypes through communication” that is supported by the Hanns Seidel Foundation.
