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IS THIS THE END OF COMMUNISM IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA? 03/09/2009
(2009-09-03)
Last updated: 2009-09-04 14:25 EET Print
A lawyer and a human rights activist, a member of the national revival movement that ended up with the proclamation of independence from Moscow in 1991 and a staunch supporter of getting Moldova closer to neighbouring Romania, Ghimpu seems to be a spearhead of the anti-Communist movement. The new Parliament has the power to replace the head of the Court of Accounts, the general prosecutor and can even change the audio-visual law, and thus turn the public television and radio from the mouthpiece of the pro-Russian communists into genuine public services. Except for the aforementioned steps, all efforts must be made to change not only the parliament majority in Chisinau, but also the regime. The four-party coalition holds 53 of the 101 seats in parliament, only 5 seats more than the communists, which is enough to form the Government but insufficient to appoint a new president. So they need 8 more votes to replace Vladimir Voronin. After holding power in a discretionary manner for 8 years, Voronin announced on Wednesday his intention to resign and devote his time to the MP job. Professor Dan Dungaciu, an expert in the ex-soviet space, explains: "It’s not what we see on the political stage that matters. What’s important is whether President Voronion has managed to find the guarantees he was looking for, which should allow him to leave power, hence all these ambiguous messages. This is the first aspect. A second aspect is that the Communist Party is no longer a coherent body. Some of its members do not necessarily want to stay in power, they can very well be in opposition, and I’m talking about that part of the party that has little to lose. They don’t risk facing charges as they are members of the 2nd echelon and not of the highly corrupted 1st echelon. So they continue to fight against those who want to stay in power or ask for guarantees, President Voronin being one of them.’’

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