Debate of the parties

Debate of the parties. Why did the protests in Chisinau spilled into the pogroms and what to wait further - The New Times recognized representatives of a wide variety of political forces

The restoration of the burned building of the parliament will cost $ 30 million. The purchase of new furniture, communications, video surveillance, office equipment and other broken and re -random equipment - another $ 10 million. The speaker of the Parliament and one of the Communist Party Marian Lupa personally conducted a tour of the parliament building for foreign diplomats and journalists. On the day of the assault, he, along with several colleagues until the last moment, was inside the building. “We were here until 16.00,” says Lupa in Russian. - The office was filled with cobblestones. The windows are broken. We looked at the assault from these windows. ”

The turnout with a confession according to President Vladimir Voronin, he spoke about this at a briefing on the evening of April 10, the protests were led by the leaders of 4 opposition parties - Filat, Urekan, Kirtoaca, Gimpu and Luchinsky. On April 7, the opposition brought out to the Square of schoolchildren and students and immediately moved to the aggressive actions led by representatives of criminal structures. Moreover, they, according to Voronin, sought victims and blood. “I, as the president of the country, gave an indication of the non -use of force,” said the President of Moldova. He believes that on April 6–7 an attempt was committed by a coup, and now "opposition leaders are trying to shift responsibility from sick heads to healthy." He also pointed out external enemies: “It is extremely important for us to conduct a competent investigation about the forms and methods of participation of Romania citizens in the preparation of events on April 7,” Voronin said. According to him, the Romanian embassy advised opposition parties throughout the campaign; In Romania, large groups of students were organized, transferred to Moldova to participate in performances; Specialists from Romania participated in the "combat" phase of events on April 7; The Romanian media actively supported the opposition.

Mark Tkachuk, the head of the Communist President’s campaign headquarters and the presidential adviser, is also sure that opposition politicians deliberately brought youth on Chisinau Square. According to him, representatives of the three parties who have passed into the parliament-liberal, liberal-democratic and our Moldova block-and other oppositions bypassed schools, lyceums and universities, urging students to reach the square and protest the election results. But the opposition failed to achieve their goals, believes the chief ideologist of the Communists. “The opposition is demoralized,” Tkachuk is sure. And he explains what the root of the success of the current authorities of Moldova: “A few years ago, immediately after the wave of“ orange ”revolutions that occurred in the CIS countries, we developed a system of political altruism, which was supposed to give a certain immunity to the country's political system,” says Tkachuk. “As a result, both representatives of the Communist Party, but members of those democratic parties who arranged protests were led by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Central Election Commission.”

Against the element, there is no reception representatives of the opposition to take responsibility for what happened are in no hurry. According to the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova Vlad Filat, everything happened to the buildings of the parliament and the presidential administration was a spontaneous action of the protest of youth. “The attempts of the Communists to transfer responsibility to the shoulders of opposition parties look funny,” Filat said. Oppositionists say that in the crowd on the square there were about 50 provocateurs who lit and led the crowd behind them. “They could be isolated, but the authorities showed inaction,” the LDPM leader said.

According to Filat, the opposition does not intend to resort to the use of force and calculates the plan of further action. The opposition will continue to demand a second vote. Filat is sure that the Communists have no chance in early elections.

Seraphim Urekyan, the leader of the alliance of our Moldova - his party received 9.77% in the election - I am sure that 18% of the vote was stolen from his party. “What do you think, we agree, say, with the position of PACE, OSCE and CIS representatives?” - said Urekyan. According to him, the pogroms that have happened are beneficial to the authorities: "Voronin wants to take advantage of the situation to declare a state of emergency and establish a dictatorship." The only question is why the dictatorship of Voronin, who ruled the country for eight years and is now ready to leave a post to his successor?

Moldova: The dependent economy of Moldova is the poorest country of Europe. The main sectors of the Moldova economy are construction, agriculture (mainly winemaking), food industry and services. Almost a third of the country's GDP is filled with money migrant workers. The number of Moldovan labor migrants, according to various sources, is from several hundred thousand to 1 million people. Last year, migrant workers transferred a record amount to Moldova - $ 1.7 billion.

In January - February 2009, industrial production in Moldova (compared to the same period of 2008) fell by more than 26%. The external debt of Moldova is about $ 4 billion, or about 70% of the 2008 GDP.

In 2008, the foreign exchange reserves of the National Bank of Moldova amounted to $ 1.67 billion. However, in January - March 2009, the national currency - Leia - staggered. The efforts of the National Bank of Moldova to maintain the course led to the fact that the country's gold and foreign exchange reserves were reduced by almost 30%. The IMF predicts in 2009 a reduction in Moldova foreign exchange reserves by $ 614 million. In many ways, this forecast is associated with a reduction in labor migration. According to forecasts of the Ministry of Economy of Moldova, in 2009 up to 25% of migrant workers can return to the country.

In 2006, Russia's ban on the import of Moldovan wines and the increase in Gazprom by 2 times gas prices reduced the economic growth of Moldova by 4%, and industrial production, in turn, fell by 6.9%. In 2008, according to the mayor of the Russian Federation, the trade turnover between Moldova and Russia amounted to $ 984.5 million, which is $ 253.2 million, or 34.6%, exceeds 2007. In 2008, the export of Moldovan goods to the Russian market amounted to $ 318.4 million, which is $ 85.7 million more than in 2007.

Sources: European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, International Monetary Fund, Fitch, the Statistical Committee of the CIS, the National Bank of Moldova, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.