Events on the 7th of April

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The development of the politicalsituation in Republic of Moldova

after the parliamentary elections 2009

The offered materials throw some light onthe events which brought to a politicalconfrontation between the government and the radical opposition; to mass riots on thestreets of Chisinau and to the devastationof Presidencys and Parliamentsbuildings.

The Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova threatens with destabilization of domestic political situation in Moldova

Monday, April 06, 2009 12:14 AM

LDPM leader, Vladimir Filat, stated topress on Sunday evening, after the exit-poll results have been made public, thathe intends to organize mass protestactions due to the disagreement with theelectoral results.

"We do not exclude the organization of massprotest actions. The purpose of these actions

is one and very clear - to annul the electoralresults", Filat stated. "Everything ispossible", added the LDPM leader,answering the question of journalistsregarding the feasibility of a "Georgianscenario".

Earlier on, Vladimir Filat, twice, underdifferent pretexts, abolished the protestactions in the downtown of the capital city,which were planned for the final stage of electoral campaign.

The party headed by Vladimir Filat is theonly party in Moldova, which expressed itsdisagreement with the announced results of exit-poll made on voting sections.

According to the results of exit-poll, madepublic in Chisinau, 14 percent of electoratevoted for LDPM.

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Mihai Ghimpu won't support VladimirFilat in organizing the actions of pr otest

Monday, April 06, 2009 1:36 AM

Chairman of the Liberal Party, MihaiGhimpu, in the interview for OMEGAagency that LP will comply with theresults of parliamentary elections andwon' t par ticipat e in the actions of pr otest,the organization of which recentlydeclared the leader of the LiberalDemocratic Party of Moldova, VladimirFilat.

"If that was the choice of the voter, whyshould we protest? I am sure that allproblems have to be resolved strictlydemocratically", declared Mihai Ghimpu,


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chairman of the Liberal Party, in severalhours after the exit-poll's were made public.

"The years 88-89 when we fought withmilitia are over. Now we have to fight byusing the argument and the evidence. Either

we like it or not, if the voter's choice wasfair, why should we protest? If that was thevoter's choice, we have to accept it",specified Mihai Ghimpu.

The LDPM leader, Vladimir Filat, declaredon Sunday evening, after the exit-poll'sresults were made public, that he is going toorganize mass protests so as to express hisdisagreement with the electoral results.According to there results, LDPMaccumulated 14 percent of votes, and LP -14.5%.

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International observers declared thatelections were conducted in democraticand p lura list environment

Monday, April 06, 2009 2:31 PM

European observers state thatparliamentary elections of April 5 wereconducted in a pluralist environment,calm and positive, - declared the head of the delegation of the OSCEParliamentary Assembly, PetrosEfthymiou.

According to the quoted source, theparliamentary elections were well organized,without major incidents, and mass-media

have provided the candidates with thepossibility to make public their declarations."I am pleased of the democratic process in

Moldova. Elections were organized verywell and that gives me confidence into thefuture of this country. The citizens of theRepublic of Moldova can be congratulate fora very relax and well democraticallyorganized election day", declared

Efthymiou.

In the context, the head of the EuropeanParliament's delegation, Marianne Mikko,emphasized that "there are essentialimprovements in the electoral campaign,compared with the campaign in 2005". Atthe same time, Mikko also noted that someviolations have been noticed in thecampaign, among which there areintimidations, utilization of administrativeresources and the need of someimprovements in the public audiovisual

The parliamentary elections in Moldovawere held on April 5, 2009. According topreliminary data, four political parties willenter into the next Parliament: Party of Communists of Moldova with 50 percent of votes, LP with 12.75%, LDPM - 12.26%and the AOM - 9,82 percent.

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Organizers of the meeting in the capitalcity state that the oppositional partieshave the responsibility for it

Tuesday, Apr il 07, 2009 10:41 AM

The youth organizations, which manifestin the Square of Gr eat National Assemblystate that a great share of responsibilityfor these protest actions in the downtownis that of oppositional political par ties.


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Artur Gur u, a representative of theorganizational group, declared on Tuesdaywithin the press conference that theoppositional parties are to be blamed for theelectoral results, which "didn't offeranything better than communists did".

Tuesday, April 07, 2009 4:12 PM

"A great deal of responsibility for what wehave today belongs also to the oppositionalpolitical parties, which consideredthemselves victorious at too early stage,dropped the hands down and saw themselvesas if already installed in certain positions",emphasized Guru, mentioning that these

parties "didn't offer anything better thancommunists did, saying just that they arebad and we are good". "They didn't succeedto mobilize the youth for elections",concluded the quoted source.


The meeting organizers request non-recognition of elections held in Moldova.

One of the main scansion during the meetingis the unification of Moldova with Romania.The parliamentary elections of April 5 were

recognized as free and democratic by allinternational observers.

Law enforcement bodies have a civilizedbehavior towards protesters, in spite of the fact that some policemen are wounded


Law enforcement forces, which assure thepublic order during the protests in thedowntown, won't apply force againstprotesters, in spite of physical woundscaused to the police.

A number of policemen were wounded afterthe protesters thrown stones upon them,

causing wounds in the region of head. Mediacertifies a civilized behaviors of policetowards the protesters, in spite of theirprovocative actions. Protesters tried to enterinto the premises of Presidentialadministration, Parliament and Government.


The participants in this action, mostly of theage between 15 and 19, manifesting withRomanian flags, request the non-recognitionof parliamentary elections. Representatives


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of some parties that lost in elections werenoticed among protesters: Kiril Lucinschi(son of the second President, PetruLucinschi) and Vladimir Filat.

Police assures the public order, without

expelling the protesters, in spite of provocative attempts and physicalaggression against the policemen.

Police does everything to avoid victims


Demonstrators storm the premises of Parliament and presidentialadministration.

Demonstrators, after pushing aside the lawenforcement forces, burst into theParliament. Office equipment, furniture isbeing thrown from windows, the fire isnoticeable. Infuriated crowd attempts toburst also into the building of president'sadministration.

There injured among both demonstratorsand police. The traffic in the downtown isblocked. "The actions of demonstrators, whoarranged disorders, are governed byoppositional politicians", stated to

journalists the chief of the MI main policedivision for public order, Petru Corduneanu.As Corduneanu especially emphasized, thepolice does everything so as not to allowvictims.

Demonstrators, basically young people of 15-19 years old, under the flags of Romaniarequire the revision of the results of parliamentary elections. Among thedemonstrators the representatives of thepolitical parties that lost the elections are

noticed: Kiril Lucinschi (son of the secondMoldovan President, Petru Lucinschi) andVladimir Filat.

The elections held in Moldova on April 5selections were acknowledged by all

international observers, including by therepresentatives of the European Parliamentand the European Commission.


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Doctors from the Emergency Hospitalstate no cases of death were registereddur ing protest actions


The administration of EmergencyHospital of the capital city infirm theinformation published by some mediaoutlets saying that the protest in thedowntown caused victims.

Deputy Director of the Hospital, IonOnofrei, declared that the hospital receivespersons who were wounded during the


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protests, but no death case was registered.According to Onofrei, until now 28 personswith wounds were hospitalized; they werebrought from the Square of Great NationalAssembly.

The quoted source mentioned that most of the persons who requested medical aid arerepresentatives of law enforcement bodiesinvolved in preserving the public orderduring the protests. Media certified acivilized behavior of policemen towardsprotesters. At the same time, the policeforces were stoned while they maintainedthe security belt at the entrance to thepresidential premises.

The TV channel PRO TV declared during aspecial programme that rumors arecirculating among protesters as if there werecases of human death.

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Javier Solana: Massacre of buildings andviolence in the centre of Chisinau areunacceptable


The High Representative for the CommonForeign and Security Policy of theEur opean Union, J avier Solana, stated onTuesday in his special statementconcerning the situation in Moldova, thathe does not accept the manifestations of violence, which occur now in the centr e of Chisinau.

"I am very concerned over the situation inChisinau, following the 5 April

parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova. International election observersnoted in their preliminary findings that theelections met many international standardsand commitments, accepted by Moldova oninternational level. They also noted that

further improvements were required toensure an electoral process free from undueadministrative interference and to increasepublic confidence.


I call on all sides to refrain from violenceand provocation. Violence againstgovernment buildings is unacceptable.

Equally important is the respect for theinalienable right of assembly of peacefuldemonstrators", - says Javier Solana, EUHigh Representative for the CommonForeign and Security Policy, in thestatement issued on Tuesday concerning themass disorder in Chisinau.

Mass disorders are taking place in Chisinau,due to which the buildings of Parliament andPresident's administration were destroyedand seized. Among the organizers of protests in Chisinau downtown both onMonday and Tuesday Kiril Lucinschi (sonof second Moldovan President, a candidateon DPM electoral list during the lastelections of April 5) was noticed. SerafimUrechean, leader of "Our Moldova" Allianceand Vladimir Filat, leader of the LiberalDemocratic Party of Moldova, are alsoinvolved in these actions.

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The leader of the Social Democratic Partyof Romania had declared that Romaniawill not get involved in the Republic of Moldova internal affairs


"The Romanian state had not interferedand won' t interfere in the internal affair sof Moldova" , declared on Tuesday, theSocial Democratic Party chairman,Mircea Geoana.

"I believe that Romania has the obligation togive a sign of stability because it isimportant for the Republic of Moldova tokeep the stability on its road towardsEuropean integration", said Geoana.

"We have a responsibility, together with theEuropean Union to ensure that in our eastborder there is a territory of democracy,stability, prosperity and dialogue, stressedGeoana.

Also The High Representative for the

Common Foreign and Security Policy of theEuropean Union, Javier Solana, stated onTuesday in his special statement concerningthe situation in Moldova, that he does notaccept the manifestations of violence, whichoccur now in the centre of Chisinau.

Mass disorders are taking place in Chisinau,due to which the buildings of Parliament andPresident's administration were vandalizedand seized. The organizers use slogans of

Romanian unification and they haveRomanian flags.

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Representatives of diplomatic missions inChisinau were informed about thesituation in the capital city


President of Moldova, Vladimir Voronin,had on Tuesday a meeting with therepresentatives of diplomatic mission,accredited in Chisinau, whom heinformed about the situation in Chisinaumunicipality.

According to the President, protesters cameout on the Square of Grand NationalAssembly to express their protest regardingthe results of the elections of April 5,although the Central Electoral Commissiondidn't receive any complaints from thepolitical parties, which do not agree withthese results, so as to count the votes again.

In this context, Vladimir Voronin informedthe foreign diplomats that he had a meetingwith the leaders of those three liberal

political parties, which will accede into theParliament, but it wasn't successful. Also,the head of state mentioned that in thissituation police assured the public order inpeaceful way, without interference inprotesters' actions, since "most of demonstrators are children up to 18 yearsold".President Voronin declared that according tothe information possessed by the authorities,most of protesters are pupils of vocational

schools and colleges, as well as pupils fromhigh schools and universities, who wereinstigated by teachers to come out to protest.


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"We didn't use force against children, whovandalized the buildings of Parliament andPresidency. The new Parliament don't haveto start its activity with such victims",emphasized the head of state.

The head of state underlined that except forChiinului the situation is calm, but insome localities there are persons that areprepared to join the protest actions in thecapital. Thus, according to the President, inOrhei 500 persons were mobilized, and inHnceti - 400. Also, according to thepossessed information, from the city of Iai,Romania, four buses with young peoplearrived for the participation at protests.

Moldovan President stressed that such datashow the fact that these actions wereplanned beforehand.

Actions of mass disorder are taking place inChisinau. In result, the buildings of Parliament and Presidency were taken byassault and vandalized. Both on Monday andTuesday Kiril Lucinschi (son of the secondMoldovan President), who run in electionson the list of Democratic Party, was noticedamong the protest organizers. Also, SerafimUrechean, AOM leader and Vladimir Filat,LDPM Chairman are involved in theseactions.

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The opposition leaders in Chisinaudropped the claim regarding invalidationof electoral r esults


The leaders of opposition in Chisinaudropped the claim regarding invalidationof electoral results by the CentralElectoral Commission following thenegotiation held by Vlad Filat, DorinChirtoac and Serafim Urechean with

Vladimir Voronin, Zinaida Greceanaiand Marian Lupu.

The oppositional representatives declaredthey disassociate with the violent actions of protesters called upon the population to calmdown. They said that following thenegotiations they were promised by theauthorities that the representatives of oppositional parties will have access to re-count of votes.

OSCE Mission to Moldova condemnspost-election violence and appeals to allsides for restr aint


CHISINAU, 7 April 2009 - The Head of the OSCE's Mission to Moldova,Ambassador Philip Remler, condemnedtoday's outbreak of violence in theMoldovan capital following Sunday'sparliamentary elections and urged allpolitical sides to do their utmost to de-escalate the situation.

"Violence is not compatible with democraticvalues. We strongly urge all to refrain fromany violent actions, which we unreservedlycondemn. We call on the authorities and allpolitical forces to exercise restraint and to

urge others to show restraint as well," hesaid.


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Sunday's parliamentary elections wereobserved by a joint mission of the OSCEOffice for Democratic Institutions andHuman Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), the OSCEParliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), theParliamentary Assembly of the Council of

Europe (PACE) and the EuropeanParliament (EP).

The joint mission's statement andpreliminary findings can be found here:http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2009/ 04/37142_en.pdf

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Leaders of the liberal parties of Moldovanopposition renounced the earlier reachedagreements with the authorities to stopthe violence


The leader of the Liberal Party of Moldova, Dorin Chir toac, renounced theearlier reached agreements with theauthorities to stop the disorders and to re-

count the votes following the Sundaypar liamentary elections.

After the joint press conference with theSpeaker of Parliament, Marian Lupu, whereit was declared about the agreement to endthe violence, he came out to his supportersand called upon them not to leave from thecentral square of Chisinau unless the earlyelections shall be announced.

The leader of the Liberal democratic Partyof Moldova, Vladimir Filat, also stated thathe renounce from the agreement reached.

The disorders organized in the capital city of Moldova were condemned by the EuropeanUnion, Council of Europe and OSCEMission in Moldova.

"Some ones may be dissatisfied by results,

but to accept the defeat - this is the part of democratic process. As to particulardeclarations about infringements, they haveto be dealt with in the court, not on thestreet", noted the Secretary General of theCouncil of Europe, Terry Davis, in hisstatement, adding, that the Council of Europe does not doubt the results of the lastparliamentary elections in Moldova andcondemns the provoked disorders.

Romanian Government delays makingpublic its positions vis- -vis the actions of violence in Chisinau downtown

Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:09 PM

By Wednesday morning Romania stilldidn't make public its official positionregarding the acts of violence committedby protesters in Moldovan capital city.

The only position, expressed by Bucharestofficials, was the one included in the press

release issued by Romanian Foreign AffairsMinistry, whereby it supported "the EUposition regarding the situation in theRepublic of Moldova".

At the same time, all political leaders fromBucharest, expressing their position towardsthe situation in Moldova, avoided tocondemn the actions committed by theorganizers of these protests directed againstthe results of parliamentary elections, whichwere recognized as complying with theinternational norms by all internationalobservers.
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On Wednesday morning, RomanianAmbassador was declared persona non-grata. Moldova introduces visa regime inrelations with Romania.We remind hereby that the protests in thecentre of Moldovan capital city were held

under slogans for unification with Romania,and after vandalisation of Presidentialbuilding, protesters raised the Romanianstate flag on the building's roof.

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Romanian Ambassador in Chisinau isdeclar ed persona non-grata


Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAmbassador of Romania in Chisinau,Fillip Teodorescu, is declared a non-grataperson in the Republic of Moldova. Thedeclaration was made on Wednesday bythe President of Moldova, VladimirVoronin.

"We are for bilateral economic, cultural,social relations with Romania, but we won'taccept actions directed towardsdestabilization of domestic situation in thecountry", declared Vladimir Voronin duringa meeting with representatives of civilsociety, mentioning that Romania isinvolved in the protest actions in Chisinau,which got transformed into disorder andactions of vandalism. In this context, thehead of state underlined that according tothe possessed information, Romanianauthorities provided 5 vehicles for youngpeople, who came for protest actions andinstigated the crowd for destabilization andunification of Moldova with Romania.

The head of state emphasized that nationalauthorities shall consider the introduction of entry visas in Moldova for Romaniancitizens. At the same time, according to thePresident, they shall pay a duty of 35 Euro,similarly to the other foreign citizens.

Protest actions took place in Chisinau onApril 6 and 7, 2009, which got transformedinto action of devastations of Parliamentaryand Presidential buildings. Currently, policehas the situation under control, and for theactions of vandalism and theft 200 personswere apprehended.The protests in the centre of Moldovancapital city were held under the slogans of unification with Romania, and aftervandalisation of Presidential building, theprotesters raised the Romanian state flag onthe building's roof.

Romania, until now, didn't officiallycondemn the actions of violence made bythe protesters in the centre of Moldovancapital city.

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Romanian Nazi representativespar ticipated in Chisinau disorder s


The representatives of Fascist typelegionary organization " Noua Dreapta"(" New Right" ) from Bucharest werenoticed among the organizers of massdisorders.

Several tens representatives of thisorganization were direct organizers andparticipants in the acts of vandalism,


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conducted in Chisinau downtown. Thefollowers of organization "New Right" weredressed in the black-grey jackets with theemblem of organization on the left sleeve inform of the so-called Maramuresh cross (onphoto).

According to the statutory documents of theorganization, "25% of the national territoryof Romania, where about 4 million peoplelive, present are included in two ex-sovietstates: Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova".

"Unification of Rumanian people in onestate is a natural process, a legitimate oneand, especially in the present situation,necessary one: the destructive roller of globalization will simply crush the weak statehoods. Therefore we consider thatRomania must again gain its integrity, justas in its time Germany did", says thestatutory documents of Fascist typelegionary organization "Noua Dreapta"("New Right") from Bucharest.

During the mass disorders in the capital city

of Moldova the buildings of Parliament andpresident's administration were seized andset on fire; the national flag of Romania waserected above the Presidential building.Participants in disorders required thecancellation of electoral results andadvanced requirements about unification of Moldova with Romania.

Kiril Lucinschi (son of the second MoldovanPresident) was noticed among organizersboth on Monday and on Tuesday; he wasrunning in elections on the lists of theDemocratic Party. Besides, Serafim

Urechean, AOM leader, and LDPM charm,Vlad Filat, were took an active part in theseactions.

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LADOM: The parallel vote reckoningproved the veracity of the data presentedby CEC

Thursday, Apr il 09, 2009 11:15 AM

Associative organizations, which wereinvolved in the process of parallel votecounting following the parliamentaryelections of April 5, confirm the veracityof final data presented by the Central

Electoral Commission on Wednesday.

The League for Defending the HumanRights has monitored in full the electoralprocess. Yesterday we've made a statementwhereby we showed that the results madepublic by us following the parallel reckoningare the same as presented by the CentralElectoral Commission. Moreover, lastevening we've presented on districts,scanned, all the copies of minutes andpublished them on the sitehttp://www.ladom.org.md", declared PaulStrutzescu, chairman of the League forDefending the Human Rights.

At the same time, Strutzescu added that thestatements made by certain political leadersregarding the possible fraud of theparliamentary elections are groundless. Wefollowed closely all the statements and sentthem to read the first article of theConstitution: the will of people", specifiedthe LADOM chairman.


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The Central Electoral Commission has madepublic the final results of the parliamentaryelections of April 5, according to which fourpolitical parties will accede in theParliament of 17th convocation: the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova

with 49.48 percent of votes, the LiberalParty - with 13.14%, the Liberal DemocraticParty of Moldova - with 12.43% and theAlliance "Our Moldova" - with 9.77 percentof the poll.

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Int roduction of visa regime with Romaniaand declaring the ambassador of thiscountry a persona non-grata - these aremeasur es, directed towards pr otecting theMoldovan state

Thur sday, April 09, 2009 7:00 PM

Sanctions against Romanian ambassadorin the Republic of Moldova, FillipTeodorescu, cannot be perceived as a stepagainst Romanian state, - stated during ameeting with journalists the Chairman of parliamentary commission on legalaffairs, appointments and immunities,Vladimir Tur can.

"Rumania is a state, but there are structuresof it. In this case, it is about actions of particular persons from the state structureand political parties", stated Turcan,emphasizing that the foreign policy of Moldova, in particular with respect to theneighbor state, will not be changed. "Wewill further support good neighborlyrelations with Romania. We request onething - they should be of mutual

understanding. And a first step to down thetension would be to sign the Basic Treatywith Romania", noted the deputy.

On Wednesday the Romanian Ambassadorin the Republic of Moldova, Fillip

Teodorescu, was declared persona non-gratain Moldova. The decision of Moldovanauthorities was delivered to the EU SpecialRepresentative in Moldova, Kalman Mizsei,by the President of Moldova, VladimirVoronin. According to the head of state,Teodorescu is personally involved in theviolent protest actions in Chisinau. Earlieron, on Tuesday, Moldovan Ambassador inBucharest, Lidia Gu u, was summoned inChisinau for consultations.

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Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne declar es the electoral pollin Moldova complied with legal nor ms

Fr iday, Apr il 10, 2009 1:45 PMThe monitoring electoral process in theRepublic of Moldova complied with legalnorms, and "what we have observed -precisely the deposition of ballots in theballot boxes and the process of unloadingthem - was almost per fect" , declared th ebaroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne, who was asked byMoldovan media outlets to comment her

own interview provided r ecently to BBC.


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According to the European Parliamentarian,the assessment "too warm" given to the finalreport of the Election Observation Missionin Moldova for the Parliamentary electionreferred to the fact that it didn't include anample information about hindering the

access for the population from the left bank of Nistru to the polling sections.

"I regret that the final report of the ElectionObservation Mission in Moldova for theParliamentary Elections of April 5 mine andsome of my European colleagues' proposalswere not included, particularly about theimpossibility for Moldovan citizens from theleft bank of Nistru to participate in thevoting process". "On the day of elections Iwas at the border with Transnistrian regionand I saw myself how the officers of Transnistrian special services didn't allowpeople to pass and vote. They suggested tothe citizens to turn bank and disassembledthe vehicles' registration numbers. I considerthat this is a serious violation of the electorallegislation. I regret the final report didn'tinclude this thing", mentioned the baronessEmma Nicholson.

At the same time, the quoted sourcementioned that in her declarations for BBCregarding the discrepancy between the datapresented by CEC on the night of electionswere her personal assessments, "whichdidn't prove to be real yet".

"It is the right of Moldavians to decidewhom to vote for. As an observer I may justmake some remarks and recommendations. I

have no right to interfere, it is Yourcountry", added the source. In this context,Emma Nicholson of Winterbourneexpressed regrets for the actions of violence,which took place in Chisinau, expressing thehope that these won't repeat again once theCentral Electoral Commission approves toprovide the access to oppositional parties tocheck the electoral lists.

Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne

is a Member of European Parliament fromthe United Kingdom of Great Britain andNorthern Ireland. During the parliamentary

elections in the Republic of Moldova, heldon April5, 2009, the baroness was part of theOSCE team of observers.

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Oppositional parties don't have a jointposition regarding the earlypar liamenta ry elections


In spite of declaration made by DorinChirtoac , the oppositional politicalentities in Moldova didn't consolidate a

joint point of view on ear ly parliamentar yelections.

"Those three oppositional parties - LP,LDPM, OMA - will tell about their requestslater on", declared Serafim Urechean, OMAchairman, on Tuesday, April 14, during apress conference. Leaders of these threeparties - Filat, Urechean and Ghimpu -specified that they certainly won't vote acommunist president.

"The position of the parties that are in frontof you (LDPM, OMA, LP - ed.n.) was madepublic, we announced it immediately afterelections. If someone didn't hear it, we mayrepeat: Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova won't vote for a communistpresident. I will reiterate this, even if it hasan accent of Dmbovi a", declared VladimirFilat, LDPM chairman.

The leaders of liberal parties hesitated toanswer if they will plead for early electionsor not.


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On Monday, the deputy chairman of theLiberal Party, Dorin Chirtoac, declaredwithin the interview for the web-portalhotnews.ro that the opposition is inpossession of "one golden vote, one votethat will make it possible to block the

election of Moldovan President". "Andblocking this election three times in a rowentails the organization of earlyparliamentary elections", - declared DorinChirtoac, deputy chairman of the LiberalParty.

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Romania media: Vlad Filat and SerafimUrechean aren't at all our brothers, theyare br others of KGB

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:52 AM

The violent protests in Chisinau hasnothing in common with a revolution, asit is circulated in political media of Romania, declared the Romanian

journalist, Victor Roncea, during a TV

programme of the Romanian TV channelB1.

"Those who are using the mask of Romanism, these Vlad Filat and SerafimUrechean, when they had the power theygossiped the Romanism. They didn't justgossip the Romanism, they actuallyconducted the movements against the youngpeople who were in the Great NationalAssembly Square in Chisinau and who

militated, as they do it now, for Romanism.These young people are just a crowd formaneuver, a maneuver crowd for the

intelligence service and for some mafiagroups that, currently, will reach each-othershands over Prut, as they did so over Nistru",emphasized Roncea.

In the same context, Romanian journalist

demanded the Romanian community to stopmilitating for the oppositional liberal leadersin Chisinau. "Let us leave a little bit thisenthusiasm with our brothers Vlad Filat andUrechean, because they aren't at all ourbrothers, they are brothers of KGB",underlined Roncea.

In the protest actions of April 7, which wereorganized by oppositional liberal parties, theparticipants chanted the unification withRomania, and the Romanian flags werehoisted on the Parliamentary andPresidential buildings. The media of Bucharest declared mostly that a revolutiontook place in Chisinau, and urged thecommunity to support this action. MoldovanPresident, Vladimir Voronin, has mentionedon April 8 that those manifestations werenothing but an attempt of putsch, where theRomanian bodies were also involved in. Onthe same day, the Romanian ambassador inMoldova, Fillip Teodorescu, was declared apersona non-grata.

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The parties that questioned theconclusions made by all internationalobservers are responsible for the protestsin Chisinau

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The parties that put in question not onlythe electoral outcome, but also theconclusions drawn by internationalobservers, are fully responsible for theevents that occurred on April 7 in thecapital city, - states the Moldovan

Pr esident, Vladimir Voronin.

"The events of April 7 - fromdemonstrations up to violent actions,vandalism, raising another state flag on astate institution - is a natural result of actualnihilism of these parties, their refusal to actand protest in a form that would not violatethe legal norms and a result of an opendisdain to state symbols and institutions of the Republic of Moldova", declared onFriday the head of state during a pressconference.

Demonstrations of protest in Chisinaustarted after the victory gained by the Partyof Communists during the parliamentaryelections. Supporters of three liberal parties- Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova,Liberal Party and Alliance "Our Moldova"-placed in question the report made byinternational observers and declared that theelectoral poll was falsified by authorities.These parties brought on central square of Chisinau several thousand supporters,requesting the cancellation of electoraloutcome, holding repeated elections andunification of Moldova with Romania. OnTuesday, the manifestation degenerated intoviolent actions, in result of which theParliamentary and Presidential buildingswere devastated and set on fire, 96

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Moldovan President initiates thetermination of any pursuit of participantsin the Apr il protest actions


As stated on Wednesday in his TVaddress the President of MoldovaVladimir Voronin, he addressed to thelaw-enforcement agencies with therequest to stop all forms of pursuit of par ticipant s in the pr otest actions.

"Availing of approximation of the brightestholiday of all Christians, I call upon all

participants in the political process in theRepublic of Moldova to the return to theroad of civilized dialogue", stated PresidentVoronin.

"Representatives of criminal world and there-offenders, who used the difficult politicalsituation, will remain in the places of thefreedom deprivation. However, as far as allremaining participants in the events on April7 are concerned, I ask the competent bodiesto conduct the general amnesty and I solicitthe termination of all forms of pursuit of participants in the actions of street protest",stated in his television address the Presidentof Moldova.

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Western analyst assesses as correct thedecision taken by Vladimir Voronin tolaunch a dialogue among part ies


" The decision of Vladimir Voronin tolaunch a civilised dialogue among partiesthat acceded to the Parliament is acorrect one", declared the well-knownWestern analyst Vlad Socor.

"It was the only logical thing, a verynecessary one in this situation. I am verysurprised that none of those threeoppositional parties that entered into theParliament respond appropriately to the

offered hand by the president Voronin, whowas elected democratically and is closing hismandate", - declared Socor.

On Wednesday, April 15, during a TVaddress to the nation, Moldovan PresidentVladimir Voronin called upon the partiesthat acceded to the Parliament to launch a"civilised dialogue" so as to get over thepost-electoral conflict situation. "Availingmyself of the eve of the most radiant holiday

of all Orthodox Christians, I urge everyparticipant in political process of theRepublic of Moldova to take back to thecivilised stream of a dialogue", declared thechairman of the Party of Communists, thePresident of the Republic of Moldova,Vladimir Voronin.

Meanwhile, the only party, which respondedto the invitation to launch a dialogue amongparties that acceded to the Parliament, is theAlliance "Our Moldova".The LP chairman,Mihai Ghimpu, didn't have any reaction tothe proposal to start a political dialogue. The

LDPM leader, Vladimir Filat, beingsolicited by journalists to answer if he isready for a dialogue, declared that he doesn'tsee any possibility to start a dialoguewithout a number of conditions, which wereput forward by Vladimir Filat, being

fulfilled.

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Vlad Socor: Those thr ee liberal par ties donot observe the elementary rules of democracy


The Western analyst Vlad Socor qualifiedas "par adoxical" t he position of the

Liberal Party, that of "Our Moldova"Alliance and of the Liberal DemocraticParty of Moldova to dispute the results of parliamentary elections in Moldova.

"Those three oppositional parties that gotinto the Parliament and gained a respectableresult of 41 seats in the Parliament simplydo not observe the elementary rules of democracy", underlined Socor.

In this context, the well-known westernanalyst mentioned that "it is also paradoxicalthe fact that namely these three parties,which are considered of Europeanorientation and accuse the Party of Communists for not being enough European,reject the assessment of elections made bythe European organizations". "Precisely theOSCE, European Parliament andParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe formed the International MonitoringMission, which characterised these electionsas generally fair and assessed the electoraloutcome as reflecting the voters' wish.


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Central Electoral Commission madepublic the results of re-counting thevoting ballots of the parliamentaryelections held on April 5th, 2009, whichtotally reconfirmed the final r esults of thepoll made public after the first counting

of ballots.

Thus, according to the data provided byCEC, four political entities acceded into theParliament of 17th convocation: the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldovathat accumulated 49.48%, the Liberal Party -13.13%, the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova - 12.43% and "Our Moldova"Alliance - 9.77 percent.

The CEC Secretary, Iurie Ciocan, hasmentioned during the CEC meeting thatfollowing the re-counting procedure somevalid ballots were identified among non-valid ones. Thus, 412 valid votes were foundfor PCRM, 67 votes pro - for LP, 181 - forLDPM and 45 - for OMA.According to the decision previouslyadopted by CEC, four parties shall enter intothe new Parliament: PCRM - with 49.48%,LP - 13.14%, LDPM - 12.43% and OMA -9.77% of electoral votes.

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Vladimir Socor: The top Romanianpoliticians outdistanced from thedeclarations on Moldova made by thePr esident Bsescu


A number of top Romanian politiciansoutdistanced from the accusationsbrought by Romanian President, TraianBsescu, against Chiinu, qualifyingthem as electoral declarations, declaredthe political analyst Vladimir Socor.

"A number of top Romanian politiciansstrongly criticised the declarations of Mr.Bsescu, and clearly outdistanced fromthem. Particularly the chairman of theSenate, Mircea Geoan - former minister of foreign affairs and candidate to thepresidential position in the forthcomingelections in Romania - he made twodeclarations, whereby criticised andoutdistanced from the declarations of Mr.Bsescu. Also, the liberal leader, TeodorMelecanu, had a clear outdistancingattitude regarding the declarations of Mr.Bsescu. These politicians do not considerthat they need to resort to such diversion asMr. Bsescu does with electoral purposes",mentioned Socor.

The speech of Romanian president, TraianBsescu, addressed in from of RomanianParliament, whereby the Republic of Moldova was strongly criticised, wasassessed by the chairman of RomanianSenate as an electoral speech. MirceaGeoan declared that Traian Bsescu "wouldbetter have preliminary consultations on thisspeech with political parties and withdecision-makers in Romanian politics".

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European officials are sceptical regardingthe initiative of Traian Bsescu to grantpassports in bulk to Moldovans

Friday, April 24, 2009 11:33 AM

A number of MEPs showed theirscepticism towards the declarations of Romanian President, Traian Bsescu, ongranting one million Romanian passportsto M oldovan citizens.

The European parliamentarian GrahamWatson from the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe made hisassessments, on Thursday, during the EPsession, regarding he relations betweenRepublic of Moldova and Romania, drawingattention to both parties on some diplomaticsteps. As to the expelling of Romanianambassador and introducing a visa regimefor Romanian citizens, these seem to bebeing unacceptable steps. However, theannouncement made by the presidentBsescu on granting Romanian citizenshipto Moldovans, I also believe that hecontributed to increasing the tension",expressed his opinion Watson.

In the same context, Europeanparliamentarian from Romania, AdrianSeverin, stated that the solution for thisproblem is not to encourage Moldovan elitesto leave the country by granting themRomanian passports", underlined Severin.

Also on Thursday, the European

Commissioner for Foreign Affairs andEuropean Policy for Neighbourhood, BenitaFerrero-Waldner, declared during a briefing

in Brussels, that the issue of grantingRomanian passports to Moldovans from thepoint of view of EU Treaty is an issue of national competence of EU members.However, taking into account theinvolvement of European Union and

relations between EU and Moldova, weencouraged Romanian authorities to proceedwith great caution".

Romanian president Traian Bsescu onTuesday evening, April 14, made adeclaration regarding the simplification of granting Romanian citizenship forMoldovan citizens, declaring that it is aboutat least 800 thousand accepted applicationsrequesting the citizenship, the fact thatraised a number of negative reactions in arange of European capitals.

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The delegation of the EuropeanParliament will meet in Moldova onlywith the media outlets that ar e close to theoppositional pa rt ies

Saturday, Apr il 25, 2009 5:56 PM

According to the press release issued bythe European Parliament, the EPdelegation, headed by Marianne MikkoMEP, will pay a visit to Moldova fromApril 26 to 29, with the purpose of gettingacquainted with post-electoral situation inMoldova.

The delegation was directed to Chisinauafter the hearing held on Moldova by theEuropean Parliament on Thursday.


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According to the EP recommendation, theCommission has, maximally objectively, topresent the situation, which was establishedin Moldova after elections of April 5.At the same time, according to the programof meetings in Moldova, the delegation will

meet only with the representatives of mediaoutlets that are close to the opposition,among which are the Center of IndependentJournalism, the Association of ElectronicMedia and the private TV channel PROTV.On the question raised by OMEGA agency,addressed to the press service of theEuropean Parliament, about the reasons forsuch subjective approach to the organizationof meetings, it was declared, that "themeetings were organized by therepresentation in Chisinau", and beingunable to answer whether this was theapproach expected by the EuropeanParliament, when the delegation was sent toMoldova. At the moment of writing thenews, none of telephones were respondingin the office of the Head of therepresentation of the European Commissionin Chisinau Mr. Cesare de Montis.

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Kalman Mizsei: For conciliation apolitical cour age is needed

Tuesday, Apr il 28, 2009 10:55 AM

EU Special Representative in Moldova,Kalman Mizsei, is optimistic regardingthe possibilities of initiating a politicaldialogue among Moldovan parties.

"I know the fact that most of the partiesexpressed their wiliness for that. What is

important is for the dialogue to be reachedand the confidence building to start",declared .

"For that the courage is needed, since inconflict situation the followers of all parties

are looking for a tough position, but such aposition doesn't help to settle the currentproblem", added , according to whom thedialogue among parties that entered into theParliament could start right on this weak.

The initiative to start a dialogue on resolvingthe conflict situation was launched on April15 by the country's president, VladimirVoronin, who called upon the parliamentaryparties to hold a "civilised dialogue".

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Dorin Chirtoac: The report of Europeaninstitutions on par liamentary electionswas a " foolishness"


Deputy chairman of the Liberal Party,

Dorin Chirtoac, qualified the assessmentmade by European institutions onparliamentary elections of April 5 as" foolishness" .

"They (observers of parliamentary elections)signed a statement recognising the electionson April 6 when they held the pressconference together with the OSCE. Andnow the opinions are divided: some wishesto conduct their own investigations, theothers wishes to go on OSCE line etc. Itseams OSCE said that the final report shallbe provided in two months. Thus, they want


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to see how the things will develop in theRepublic of Moldova so as to avoid saying afoolishness again as they did already onApril 6", declared Dorin Chirtoac within aprogramme of the radio station "VoceaBasarabiei".

The observers of European institutions,including OSCE, presented their preliminaryreport regarding the parliamentary electionsheld in Moldova on April 5, 2009, wherebythey declared that the poll was conducted,basically, in line with European norms.European observers mentioned that electionswere held in peaceful environments, and theelectoral commissions have worked intransparent way and observed the humanrights.

Delegation of European Parliament: Wecondemn the acts of violence thatoccurred in Moldova after thepar liamentary elections


" European Par liament condemns the actsof violence from the last weeks, includingthe attacks against the House of Parliament. At the same time, we wish tocondemn, particularly, the brutalityapplied against people, the violence thatoccurred after the parliamentaryelections", declared during a pressconference in Chiinu Marianne Mikko,head of EP delegation that is visitingMoldova to investigate the post-electoralsituation.

In this regard, Mikko stressed the need toestablish a commission that would deal withinvestigation of all cases of violence thathappened on April 7 and in period after."We insist on a complete and soonestinvestigation with participation of both the

representatives of government and theopposition, as well as of internationalexperts, particularly those of the Council of Europe, to investigate the situation of April7 and after", underlined the Europeanofficial.

A State Commission on clearing up theevents of April 7-8 was established inMoldova. During his visit in Chiinu, theSecretary General of EU Council, JavierSolana, agreed with the President VladimirVoronin that this Commission shall includealso the representatives of the oppositionalparties and of the European bodies. In spiteof this agreement, the oppositional partiesdeclared they refuse to participate in theCommission's activities.

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European officials appreciate theopenness of Moldovan authorities ininvestigating the post-electora l situa tion


The delegation of European Parliament,visiting Chiinu to investigate the post-electoral situation in Moldova,appreciates the openness shown byMoldovan authorities in cooperatingduring the monitoring activity in thecountry.


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We had fruitful meetings with many sides,with authorities and NGOs, with mediarepresentatives, police, General Prosecutor,Ombudsman; so, we had many possibilitiesto investigate. We had a wide access andenjoyed the full freedom to investigate on

the spot", declared on Wednesday KarinResetarits, Member of EO delegation,during the press conference organized on theoccasion of completing the fact-findingmission.

In the same context, the head of delegation,Marianne Mikko, added that her team hadmeeting with many Moldovan officials,holding substantial discussions. We askedto have meetings with authorities and theyreacted positively to our requests. In thiscontext, we had meetings with governmentalrepresentatives, with the Speaker of theParliament Marian Lupu, with whom we hada meeting lasting over two hours. We hadlong and very serious meetings withauthorities", Mikko stressed.

The EP Commission was delegated toMoldova as a matter of urgency to getacquainted with post-electoral situation andto present its conclusions to EuropeanParliament.

After the events of April 7, the assignmentto Chiinu of some missions on behalf of European bodies was also requested byMoldovan President, Vladimir Voronin,aiming at "avoiding any speculations raisedby media concerning the last events in theRepublic of Moldova ".

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Iur ie Roca: Public opinion was pr eparedby liberal parties for the violent actionssince the very beginning of the electoralcampaign

Friday, May 01, 2009 11:47 AM

Liberal oppositional parties in Moldovaprepared during the whole pre-electoraland electoral campaign the public opinionfor the violent actions of April 7, 2009, -declared the chairman of the ChristianDemocratic People's Party, Iurie Roca,in framework of the Congress of European People's Party, which was heldin Warsaw.

"Now it is clear why during the electoralcampaign these three self-entitled liberalgroups prepared the public opinion andinternational community for this situation bylaunching accusations as if the electionswould be stolen. These irresponsiblepoliticians tried to organize in Moldova animitation of a colour-revolution, making useof violent methods and cynic politicalmeans", Iurie Roca mentioned.

"Dramatic events of April 7 were organizedby some political provocateurs who adopteda radical anti-communists rhetoric andinstigated the youth against the ruling party,making use of some ungroundedspeculations as if the elections would befalsified. These destructive attitudes andactions were manifested in spite of clear andpositive assessments made by internationalelectoral missions", Iurie Roca emphasised.

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political force was summoned on theoccasion of forthcoming Europeanparliamentary elections to be held in June2009

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CDPP Chairman: Misinforming theEuropean community by Moldovanlibera l par ties reaches a dangerous scale

Friday, May 01, 2009 12:06 PM

The Christian Democratic People's Partyaccuses the liberal parties of Moldova formisinforming the internationalcommunity regarding the political

situation in the country. According to thedeclaration within the Congress of European People's Party made by theCDPP leader, Iu rie Roca, " these actionsof manipulation r each a dangerous scale".

"The so-called liberal parties conducted anample action of misinforming theinternational community. These actions of manipulation reached dangerous proportionsand were accepted by some Western friends

due to a simplistic dichotomy "Communismversus Anticommunism", declared onThursday the CDPP leader, Iurie Roca,within a speech addressed in framework of the Congress of European People's Party,which was held in Warsaw.

"Superficial perception regarding the lastpolitical developments led some Westernpolitician to an illusion that in Moldovathere is a growing conflict between badguys" from the Communist Party and goodguys" from the radical liberal parties. Inreality, the Communist Party of Moldova

makes use just of communist symbols andname as political brand. This brand is stillpopular, since Moldova is the poorestcountry in Europe, where the left rhetoricand symbols have a large audience.However, the anticommunist attitude cannot

justify the violence as a legal anddemocratic method", stressed Iurie Roca,referring to the events of April 7, 2009.

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LP leader s declar e they will exercisepressures on Eur opean Union

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 10:09 AM

Dorin Chirtoac and Corina Fusu,leader s of the Libera l Par ty, made public,at the radio station "Vocea Basarabiei",the content of their discussions withEuropean officials and declared they willexercise pressures on executive bodies of European Union - European Commissionand EU Council, because the opinion of these bodies is not in line with LP'position.

LP leaders declared in framework of theirmeetings with Javier Solana, Mirek Topolanek, Cesare de Montis, KalmanMizsei and Lithuanian Foreign AffairsMinister Vygaudas Usackas, that Europeanofficials exercise pressure upon Moldovanpoliticians aiming at initiating a politicaldialogue among the parliamentary parties.

"The pressures are so strong as they tell us

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all. We always told them about ourdisagreement", declared Corina Fusu, LPdeputy chairperson.Making reference to this insistence of European Union, another LP leader, DorinChirtoac, underlined that this insistence

does exist from European Commission andEU Council, but the position of EuropeanParliament is different, and that, inChirtoac's opinion, make it possible toinfluence the EU in order to change itspolicy towards Moldova. "EuropeanCommission and EU Council shall be, Iwould say, pressed upon by us in order tochange the perception over the situation inMoldova", Chirtoac declared.

On Tuesday the Chiinu media issues anAppeal of the EU Special Representative inMoldova, Kalman Mizsei, wherebyEuropean Union has reiterated its positionregarding the need to launch the politicaldialogue. "We strongly believe - and the EUHigh Representative for the CommonForeign and Security Policy, Javier Solana,has confirmed this during his visit on April24 to Chiinu - in the need to initiate anational dialogue between the ruling Partyof Communists and the parliamentaryopposition", declared Mizsei. The Europeanofficial underlined that this dialogue should"contribute to immediate cessation of hostilediscourses, of ungrounded accusations andof personal attacks among politicians". Both,Moldovan politicians and media were urgedby European official to restrain from using ahostile language and insults.

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Kalman Mizsei: Time for change andreconciliation

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:46 PM

The new Moldovan Pa r liament is holding

its inaugural session in a critical momentof Moldova's development and amongmuch controversy. Emotions about theelection, its aftermath, damages to thebuildings of the Parliament andPresidency, violation by the police of elementary human rights of detained,mainly young people have not yet settled.The public in Moldova has divided intotwo.

What we need in this critical situation, forthe sake of the quality of democracy and thefuture of Moldova, a process of nationalreconciliation that does not sweep anythingunder the carpet but gives a chance to find away out the dead end and to heal gravenational wounds. This is what the EuropeanUnion has been working on ever since thecrisis ensued and I arrived to Chisinau onthe night of April 7.

We strongly believe, and HighRepresentative Javier Solana reconfirmedduring his visit in Chisinau on April 25, thatit is absolutely necessary to create a processof a national political dialogue between theruling Communist Party and theParliamentary opposition. President Voroninendorsed his suggestion for such acommission for national dialogue. Only withsuch an approach we can improve the

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This forum should address a few things. Itshould achieve stopping immediately thehate speech and speech of unsubstantiatedaccusations and personal insults amongpoliticians. The opposition is not criminalsin a democracy, labeling them as fascists or

other insulting ways should not be part of the political life here. Accusing them withcoup d'etat needs to be stopped. Equally, theopposition and its press should refrain fromabusive language against leaders of theCommunist Party and of the Moldovan state.Unsubstantiated allegations about the courseof events on April 7 and wild exaggerationsabout the nature of the elections shouldequally be stopped.

The commission on national reconciliationshould decide about the way ahead with thepublic media. Currently the public televisiondoes not fulfill its role and has become themouthpiece of the ruling party. It needs tobecome real public, offering equal access toall political orientations and should offerbalanced news to the Moldovan viewers.

It should also deal with the events of thepast with a view to find a way out as well asgood policy conclusions. There are stillcomplaints about the elections notinvestigated. They need to be on the agenda,properly investigated and the lessons alsofactor into legislation that makes it sure thatthe next elections will not leave room forsuspicion about the manipulation of voters'lists. It should also give guarantees thatthose many Moldovans living abroad buthaving strong patriotic emotions can

exercise their aspirations to vote at theelections going forward.

The human rights violations also need to beaddressed in an inclusive and crediblemanner. For the European Union this is aquestion that we can not compromise on.The High Commissioner on Human Rightsof the Council of Europe is in full steaminvestigating those abuses. He shared hispreliminary findings and will communicate

in much detail his conclusions in a fewweeks. This needs to factor into the work of the commission and guide its policy

recommendations to be implemented by theparliament. The Procurator General isdealing with more than 50 formalcomplaints against police abuses in the daysafter April 7. We in the European Union,and I know the High Commissioner for

Human Rights at the CoE also, expect thiswork to be independent and free of unduepolitical interference. We are monitoringthis process. The EU is also ready to supportthe healing the wounds here by assisting indrawing policy conclusions from the abusesas well as we are ready to financiallysupport any sensible projects that make itsure that such events will not be repeated.Police abuse should irrevocably becomehistory in the Republic of Moldova whosecitizens should not be made fearful toexpress their views in a lawful manner.

As in every conflict, on both sides of thepolitical spectrum people may find theperspective of a negotiated way out ashurting their sense of justice. On the side of Communists, I know many feel that theopposition wanted to steal their victory withillegal means. On the opposition sidewounds are over the alleged election abusesas well as over policy violations. There aremany facts of those turbulent few days thatwe will only know for sure as time passes.What we can say, and the European publicalso expects, that all the political actors willwork in Moldova for a better democracy -only that can guarantee the prosperity of theMoldovan people. Naturally, in this thewinning, ruling side needs to show moregenerosity, more responsibility. In a

democracy, it needs to be demonstrated thatthe opposition is no looser but activeparticipants of building the future of thecountry. They have to have their rightfulplace in investigating the disputed events aswell as in the Parliamentary functions. Theopposition also has to show responsibilityfor the future of the nation by sitting downat the negotiating table over the future of thecountry's democratic institutions. If thishappened 3 weeks ago - as it was possible at

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opposition side question the wisdom of negotiating out of this situation and wantsimply rely on the Parliamentary process.We strongly believe, however, that thequestions that I touched in this article are socrucial to the quality of Moldova's

democracy that they need to be addressed bythe parliamentary parties exactly in thisformat. Every day of delay risksdeteriorating this quality.

The 4 parties need now to urgently showforesight and wisdom. We, representativesof the European Union, are ready to assistthis process as well as its implementation.We also expect partners of Moldova to work together for the future of the country thatonly fuller democracy can guarantee, as wellas for strengthening its sovereignty andterritorial integrity, also with a view to thepending Transnistrian settlement.

We trust that if the above approach isfollowed Moldova will come out of thiscrisis stronger, more democratic and a betterplace to live in.

Kalma n Mizsei, EU Special Repr esenta tive inthe Republic of Moldova

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Kalman Mizsei was appointed to the position of EU Special Representative in the Republic of Moldova on 1st of March 2007 at the recommendation made by theSecretary General of the EU Council, Javier Solana. His candidateship was unanimouslyapproved by the 27 EU governments. Mirek Topolanek, Prime Minister of Czech

Republic, the country that holds the presidency in office of the European Union,recently declared, during his visit inChi inu, that the EU Special

Representative in Moldova, Kalman Mizsei,enjoy the full confidence of EU member states. "He is the one who will stay here tocontribute to the further discussions",Topolanek stressed in a declaration for

media.

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OMA accuses European organization forexercising pressure on Moldovanopposition by urging it to dialogue


" Our Moldova" Alliance accusesEuropean organizations for exercisingpressure on Moldovan oppositionalparties by urging them to holdnegotiations and by adopting a " calm"resolution concerning Moldovangovernance, which was " dir ected byEuropean political players, mostly guidedby Russia".

Iurie Colesnic, an OMA MP, recentlydeclared, within a programme at radiostation "Vocea Basarabiei" that Europeanmissions that come to Moldova "have totake into account first of all the opposition'sopinion" when they propose a dialogueamong political parties for stabilization of situation in Moldova. "And I believe thatpressures should be done not on us, not ondemocratic parties, but on the ruling party",Colesnic mentioned.

At the same time, the OMA MP considersthat the dialogue among Moldovanparliamentary parties has to be a unilateralone. "That is not we that should be the onesto agree with what communists propose, butcommunists have to be obedient and tolisten exactly to what we want, if they wishto reach a more or less honorableagreement", Colesnic emphasised.

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"very hardly understand" the situation inMoldova, since "the adopted resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Councilof Europe is a very calm one, and this meansthat Europe didn't understand well whathappened. Resolution was directed by

European political players, mostly guided byRussia".

On Tuesday the Chiinu media issues anAppeal of the EU Special Representative inMoldova, Kalman Mizsei, wherebyEuropean Union has reiterated its positionregarding the need to launch the politicaldialogue. "We strongly believe - and the EUHigh Representative for the CommonForeign and Security Policy, Javier Solana,has confirmed this during his visit on April24 to Chiinu - in the need to initiate anational dialogue between the ruling Partyof Communists and the parliamentaryopposition", declared Mizsei. The Europeanofficial underlined that this dialogue should"contribute to immediate cessation of hostilediscourses, of ungrounded accusations andof personal attacks among politicians". Both,Moldovan politicians and media were urgedby European official to restrain from using ahostile language and insults.

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LDPM didn' t accept the offer made byEur opean Union to hold a civilizeddialogue


Liberal Democratic Party of Moldovaignored the recommendations given by

the EU Special Representative inMoldova, Kalman Mizsei, through whomthe European Union reiterated itsposition regarding the need to launch apolitical dialogue and to stop immediatelyhostile discourses made by Moldovan

politicians and personal att acks.

Once the EU Special Representative issuedthe Appeal, the LDPM chairman VladimirFilat, within a press conference addressedinsults to the chairman of ruling party. "Agift that I wouldn't refuse from him(Vladimir Voronin - ed.n.) is to accept earlyelections, to recognize that it is a seriousproblem in Moldovan society, and afterthese elections may be he would take thedecision to leave the political life of theRepublic of Moldova", Vladimir Filatdeclared.

During this press conference, the LDPMfirst deputy chairman, Alexandru Tnase,labelled the Party of Communists with adiagnosis of "political bifurcation of personality".

Urging to initiate as soon as possible apolitical dialogue, the European officialunderlined that this dialogue should"contribute to immediate cessation of hostilediscourses, of ungrounded accusations andof personal attacks among politicians". "Theopposition and its media should refrain fromusing an abusive language addressed to theleaders of the Party of Communists andMoldovan state", says the Appeal launchedby the EU Special Representative in

Moldova, Kalman Mizsei, published inMoldovan mass media.

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EU is ready to assist Moldova in itsactivity of preventing the violations of human rights


European Union has a firm positionregarding the non-admission of caseswhen the human rights are violated,states the EU Special Representative inMoldova, Kalman Mizsei, in the article" Time for change and r econciliation"published on Tuesday by Moldovanmedia.

European official mentioned that EuropeanUnion and the Commissioner of the Councilof Europe for Human Rights are expectingfrom the Moldovan authorities a correctinvestigation of cases of human rightsviolation in post-electoral period.

Mizsei declared that Thomas Hammarberg,CE Commissioner for Human Rights, isactively investigating the cases of suchabuse and shall present his findings andrecommendations in this regard, in order toapproach them during legislative debatesand with following implementation, the factthat could help Moldovan authorities."European Union is ready to provide thenecessary assistance in drawing theconclusions and recommendations regardingthe abuses, in order to reduce the tension inthe society", Mizsei underlined.

"EU is also prepared to contribute

financially to the projects that would makeimpossible the repetition of such events.Abuses from the side of police should be

irrevocably forgotten in Moldova, andcitizens should be afraid any more toexpress their opinion in lawful way", statedthe EU Special Representative in Moldova.

Previously, Moldovan minister of interior,

Gheorghe Papuc, declared he will applyharsh measures against policemen, in case itwill be proven they ill-treated theparticipants at the protests in Chiinudowntown, who were afterwardsapprehended. "I admit that in cases whenviolent citizens were apprehended, thosewho forcefully opposed, they could havebeen hit. But I deny ill-treatment in policecommissariats. If such cases would come tothe fore - the most severe sanctions will beapplied to guilty ones, including thedismissal from the law enforcement bodiesand suing according to the criminalliability", Papuc stressed in the interview forthe agency RIA "Novosti".

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Another oppositional party rejects EUrecommendations on decent language

Wednesday, May 06, 2009 4:52 PM

The party headed by Serafim Urecheanignored the last recommendat ion made byEuropean Union to get rid of hostilelanguage against political opponents andagainst the state.

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insulted for several time the leader of rulingparty and the government in general,accusing them of "foolishness".

Earlier, on Tuesday, another oppositionalleader, Vladimir Filat, within a press

conference, also insulted a number of timesthe chairman of ruling party, VladimirVoronin.

On Tuesday, the EU Special Representativein Moldova, Kalman Mizsei, published inMoldovan mass media an article whereby heurged political parties to refrain fromoffensive remarks directed both to theopponents and against Moldovan state.

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Liberal leaders accused European Unionfor lack of objectiveness regardingMoldova

Friday, May 08, 2009 1:18 PM

Leaders of those three liberalparliamentary parties, Mihai Ghimpu,

Iurie Leanc and Veaceslav Until,declared on Friday within a pressconference that the resolution recentlyadopted by European Parliament is thefirst objective assessment of the situationin Moldova given by EuropeanCommunity.

"For the first time an internationalinstitution, that is the European Parliament,exposed its vision on existing problems in

the Republic of Moldova in objectivemanner", declared Mihai Ghimpu, referringto this EP resolution.

The position of Mihai Ghimpu wassupported also by an LDPM leader, IurieLeanc. "This resolution is the first seriousinvolvement of an institution of EuropeanUnion", underlined Iurie Leanc, alludingthat until now European Community

promoted though its representative a non-objective message in Moldova.

European Parliament adopted on Thursday,7 May, the reposition on the situation in theRepublic of Moldova following theparliamentary election held on April 5.

Earlier on Thursday, the OMA leader,Serafim Urechean, declared that theresolution of European Parliament wasadopted with direct contribution of oppositional parties and reflects the point of view of the parliamentary opposition of Moldova.

Persons who are accredited in Moldova onbehalf of the European Union are Cesare deMontis, head of the delegation of EuropeanCommission, and Kalman Mizsei, EUSpecial Representative.

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Serafim Urechean provokes internationalscandal by accusing the UkrainianPresident

Monday, May 11, 2009 10:20 AM

Ukrainian embassy in Moldova demands

the chairman of "Our Moldova" AllianceSerafim Urechean to disavow his ownaccusatory statements brought against the


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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenkouttered in the interview for the portal"Jurnal-tv".

"This is purely political accusation withoutany real facts. It is absolutely groundless",

stated the Ukrainian ambassador inMoldova, Sergey Pirozhkov commenting onthe accusation brought by OMA leaderagainst Victor Yushchenko. "I think Mr..Urechean has either to present realevidences for his words, or, if there is noevidence of this kind, to refute in public hisown statement", emphasized the diplomat.

On Thursday May 7, in the interview for theportal "Jurnal-tv", the OMA leader SerafimUrechean stated that the Presidents of Romania, Georgia and Ukraine were bribedin 2005 by the head of Moldovan state forproviding to him their political support."Foreign officials, and let us name themdirectly - Basescu, Saakashvili andYushchenko - were generously paid byVoronin", stated Serafim Urechean.

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OSCE Mission in Moldova leavesaccusation against it on the conscience of their authors

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:33 PM

Mattie Sidoroff, press secretary of OSCEmission in Moldova, considers thataccusations brought against theorganization he represents relate to the

ar ea of the r ight to expression of opinions,which can be used by any one who wishesso.

This statement was made in response to theaccusations in OSCE address brought bysome representatives of civil society and byOMA leader Serafim Urechean who namedon Wednesday OSCE a structure deprived of objectivity.

As Urechean explained, this structure(OSCE - editor's note) is ineffective andnonobjective, since it acknowledged theresults of parliamentary elections in 2005and 2009, and moreover it is not capable of implementing the provisions of Istanbulsummit' declaration.

"Everyone possesses the right to freeexpression of opinions. I do not have othercomments, since OSCE Mission,permanently resident in Chisinau, did notmonitor how elections were going on. [...]Mr. Urechean has the right to express hisopinion in this regard. However, our activityhere is carried out within the framework of appropriate competences", stated MattieSidoroff.

Earlier, the director of the Institute of PublicPolicies, Arcadie Barbarosie, within aprogramme of the radio station "VoceaBasarabiei", stated that still in 2005,immediately after parliamentary elections,OSCE exercised pressure on civil society,particularly on the public organization"Coalition 2005", in order to recognize theresults of parliamentary elections. "To aconsiderable extent the estimation, whichwas then made by OSCE, influenced theestimation made by civil society", notedArkadie Barbarosie, referring to therecognition of results of parliamentaryelections in 2005.

Organization for Security and Cooperationin Europe was founded on 1st of August1975, once the Helsinki Final Act wassigned. It includes 56 states from Europe,Central Asia and North America. Moldovais fully-fledged OSCE member sinceJanuary 30, 1992.

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Member of German Bundestag considerstha t Romania is the guilty one for cur r entrelations with Moldova

Thursday, May 14, 2009 1:12 PM

Current relations between Moldova andRomania were provoked by Bucharestauthorities through inciting statementsmade against Moldova, states aBundestag member, Reinder Steenblock,in the interview for Deutsche Welle.

"The slogans like "Two states - a singlepeople", uttered by Romanian leadership,are a mistake. Romanian president, Traian

Basescu, and some other politiciansprovoked appropriate reactions fromMoldovan authorities./.../ That is why, fromRomanian side it would be reasonable toengage in verbal de-escalading and toconfirm that Romania considers Moldova asbeing a sovereign state, a fact that wasrecognized by all after the collapse of SovietUnion", declared the German MP.

Relations between Moldova and Romaniaare considered today ones of the mosttensioned during the last years. Romania,which is a neighbor country to Moldova, andwhich was first to recognize Moldovanindependence in 1991 and made public itsposition regarding the events of April 7 onlyafter the reaction of USA, Russia andEuropean Union.

Traian Basescu reiterates Romanianposition of non-recognizing the borderwith Moldova

Friday, May 15, 2009 12:07 PM

President Traian Basescu declared onFriday in Piatra Neamt that he won't signwith Moldova the Border Treaty.

"Who can imagine that a head of Romanianstate will sign a treaty whereby to entrenchthe Pact of Ribbentrop-Molotov? Only amind that doesn't understand what theresponsibility of the head of Romanian statemeans", declared Romanian President on

Friday in Piatra Neamt during the Forum of Local Authorities of Romania and Republicof Moldova.

Basescu underlined that Romania "has in itshistory" the recognition of borders of theformer Soviet Union and that Republic of Moldova is a "heir of a part of that border".

"In these conditions, we consider that it isuseless to conclude a border treaty that

would made the head of Romanian state apartner of Ribbentrop and Molotov. Thisapproach run against including thosecommitments that were assumed by theneighbor state with European Union duringthe dialogue on facilitating the movement inEU area for Moldovan citizens", added thehead of Romanian state.

Moldova is the only neighboring countrywith Romania with which Bucharest refuses

to conclude a border treaty. The total lengthof Moldo-Romanian border is 681.3 km.


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Position of EU and NATO, organizationswhere Romania is a member, on these lastdeclarations made by the president of thiscountry were not made public yet.

- About what spoke Traian Basescu with

heads of the Romanian special services onApril, 8, 2009?

- Why performance of the Romanianpresident in parliament on April, 15, 2009has been transferred from 12.00 on 17.00?With whom consulted Basescu from 12.00till?

- Why to authors of disorders in Chisinauvery conveniently, that the opposition refersto participation of the Russian specialservices?

Materials available at us allow drawing aconclusion, that the aim of the script,prepared for opposition was not a victoryover elections, but destruction of statehoodof our country and annexation of the wonterritory by Romania. It was unimportant forshadow strategists, who will win elections,the overall objective of foreign confidentialservices will consist in an establishment atany cost antistate board: blood, senselessand innocent victims, recalculations of listsand voices, visiting, in a status of an agony,the important European organizations, etc.Much from this occurs is on you eyes.

Hence, the main characters or protagonists,if you want, of the Chisinau pogrom onApril, 7 have been interested not in a fair

victory on elections or in democratic values,but in a disappearance of the Moldavianstate.

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