The change in the Republic of Moldova must be made by the people, the executive director of the Foreign Policy Association Victor Chirila said in an interview for Radio Free Europe. The expert noted that the current political class no longer has the legitimate right to govern the country, IPN reports.

“We are all disappointed in the pretended pro-European political class. Polls show the people want upright persons to govern the country, uncorrupt functionaries and honest politicians, when these speak about the country’s interests, who will be independent in taking decisions. They do not want politicians and functionaries who obey not the law and the Constitution, but the orders of persons who managed to take a position above the whole institutional system of the Republic of Moldova, which is inadmissible for any state, not speaking about the democratic state that we want to build in the Republic of Moldova,” stated Victor Chirila.

According to the analyst, we all bear a part of the blame for what happened in the country. “In the hope of making the change, we always chose the lesser evil that, unfortunately, turned into a bigger evil every time. We no longer can tolerate this evil that threatens democracy in our country, the existence of our state and our welfare. We are daily becoming poor. We are daily approaching a social crisis,” said the executive director of the Foreign Policy Association.

Victor Chirila said that in such conditions it is hard for upright people who want to make the change, even by sacrificing their own and family interests, to succeed. Only society can propel them. “This protest spirit that we now witness in the Republic of Moldova, of pro-European protesters, will bring new faces in the political life,” he stated, adding that the society’s support and wish are needed to remove the oligarchic octopus and these leaders need broad civic support.