In order to reanimate Moldova’s European integration course, the formation of a new Cabinet from the components of the old Government, even if the problems existing between them can develop, is preferable to early parliamentary elections, Victor Chirila, executive director of the Foreign Policy Association (APE), said in an interview for IPN titled “Moldova is close to becoming politically and institutionally failed state”, which was published on May 27, 2013.
“Personally, I’m in favor of a parliamentary majority with the same players not because they are perfect, but because there are now no better players who could continue the reforms dictated by our European course. As most of the citizens, I’m aware of their imperfection and vanity. But I think that it’s better to move on, slowly but surely, like a tortoise, than to stop and “stare like an ox at the new gate’. Pardon the expression, but this is how things stand regretfully,” said Victor Chirila.
He considers that the blame for the discrediting of the country’s European course is borne exclusively by the Moldovan political class. “My opinion is that the main causes that led to the discrediting of everything that was achieved in the relations with the EU during the past four years are the lack of responsibility towards the promises made to people, hypocrisy, vanity, and nothingness of the politicians, the lack of political fair play and, especially, the distancing from the ordinary people’s needs with the slogan “we were elected by the people, we know what we do, we do well and responsibly,” said the APE executive director.
He denied the existence of influence of the foreign factor on the current political crisis in Moldova, including the rumored ‘Moscow’s hand’, and the assertions that if Brussels hadn’t announced at the beginning of this year that Moldova would not be able to sign the wanted documents in Vilnius, the political crisis in Chisinau wouldn’t have occurred.
“ In this case, I think that not ‘Moscow’s hand’ is to blame for what has happened during the past five months in our country, but rather the irresponsibility of our politicians who have lately behaved like provincial officials, not like wise and rational statesmen thinking about the state interests. Such an irresponsible behavior can be easily manipulated and exploited from outside, especially by Moscow. The visit paid by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dimtry Rogozin to Chisinau on May 9, the Eurasian conferences in Comrat and Balti, the more often challenges orchestrated by Tiraspol, the significant rise in the number of nongovernmental organizations promoting Eurasian integration, which appeared like mushrooms after rain (according to unofficial reports, about 40 such NGOs had been registered over the last three yeas) confirm our suppositions in this sense,” Victor Chirila, executive director of the Foreign Policy Association, said in the interview for IPN.
