They want to know

Moldova's two leading opposition parties demanded that President Vladimir Voronin disclose the terms under which Russia plans to provide the country with a $500 million loan. The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Vlad Filat, and the leader of the Democratic Party, Marianne Lupu, called this huge amount and stated that citizens have the right to know for how long this loan will be allocated, at what interest rate and what specific investment projects are planned to be implemented with these funds. They, of course, welcome Russia's willingness to help their country, but their children will have to repay the loan, so they want to know the details. They also think that signing a loan agreement with Russia may subsequently negatively affect the dialogue with the IMF and other international financial organizations. According to Filat, Voronin is using the Russian loan for the election purposes of his party (communist). And Lupu added that this loan will reach Moldova at best at the end of this year, or even at the beginning of next, since the loan agreement must be signed by the government and ratified by parliament - but there is no parliament: it was dissolved in accordance with the Constitution, when the majority communists failed to get one vote to elect their president. And the cabinet of ministers must be formed anew after the new parliamentary elections.