“The political instability threatens Moldova with a new stage of oligarchization that resides in the reconstruction of the old corruption schemes and maintaining of the state of uncertainty for another three years,” Ștefan Gligor, the standing expert of IPN’s project “Overcoming European integration stereotypes through communication”, stated, commenting on the most recent developments in Parliament.

Summarizing the discussions held at the public debate “Crisis in Moldova as an indicator of missed opportunities and an occasion for changes”, Ștefan Gligor said that Moldova cannot cope alone with the budget deficit and with the economic crisis. Consequently, it should do everything possible to secure the EU’s support and to fulfill all the undertaken commitments. Regrettably, it does not honor its obligations as regards the reformation of the Superior Council of Magistracy and the new law on NGOs. There is a conflict between convenience and necessity for maintaining a quasi-political monopoly. The rulers managed to compromise the Russian loan and now do the same in relation to the EU macro-financial assistance,” stated the expert.

According to him, the possible dismissal of the Chicu Government after a probable fall of the parliamentary majority will only strengthen the negative political tendencies. “If the current Cabinet is removed and the formation of a new Cabinet fails, or if there is named a Government that will be unable to cope with the situation, the country will plunge into a state of uncertainty. These conditions are very convenient for the re-oligarchization of the state and, consequently, the replacement of Parliament will probably become unprofitable for the person who attracted a number of MPs. As a result, we will not have snap parliamentary elections and the state of uncertainty will persist for three more years, until the next parliamentary elections,” opined Ștefan Gligor.

The public debate entitled “Crisis in Moldova as an indicator of missed opportunities and an occasion for changes” was held as part of the project “Overcoming European integration stereotypes through communication” that is implemented by IPN News Agency with support from the Hanns Seidel Foundation.