Moldova is seriously affected by ‘state capture’ Over the last decade, Moldova has gone through several stages of corruption - from endemic corruption, to the “politicization” of the fight against corruption by eliminating political rivals and business competitors and ultimately to state capture by a narrow group with obscure interests, says the study “State Capture: the Case of the Republic of Moldova” that was launched by Transparency International – Moldova, Association for Participatory Democracy (ADEPT), Institute for Development and Social Initiative “Viitorul” [...]

Damaged democracy in #Moldova Delegates from Moldova’s newset political party have been visiting the European Parliament in Strasbourg to appeal to MEPs for assitance in getting the head of their party, Ilan Shor, released from almost one year’s house arrest. In 2013, after many signals about the catastrophic situation in a large Moldovan public bank “Banca de Economii” (BEM), it was allowed to put it in the hands of private investors. It was established that the bank could become bankrupt following [...]

STATEMENT AGAINST THE CHANGE OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA Chișinău, June 11 2017 STATEMENT AGAINST THE CHANGE OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA We, the participants in the Protest of 11 June 2017, COMMITED to the development of the Republic of Moldova as a democratic, prosperous state based on the rule of law and European values, CONCERNED about the limitation of the citizens’ rights to representative, free and fair elections as well as [...]

Заключенный: „В Пенитенциаре 13 произошло массовое избиение” Заключенный Пенитенциара N 13 Симион Жереги, который был доставлен в Кишиневскую апелляционную палату на судебное заседание, впервые предоставил прессе детали избиения заключенных 3 июня. «В Пенитенциаре 13 было массовое избиение. Это случилось утром рано третьего июня. Спецназовцы «Пантеры» ворвались в пенитенциар и избили заключенных в присутствии начальника тюрьмы и заместителя главы Департамента пенитенциарных учреждений (ДПУ). Я видел, как заключенных безжалостно били по голове», - сказал нам заключенный, показывая в то же время синяки, оставшиеся [...]

European agenda, civil society and confrontation with government The implementation of reforms turns into a difficult mission for the authorities because the commitments to the EU become more concrete, while the representatives of civil society more active, incisive and, respectively, dangerous for politicians and defective policies. Even if the promises to Brussels are clearer, the government of Moldova anyway manages to juggle with these by overlapping, delaying or hurrying them, depending on its political priorities. The government cannot yet manipulate the representatives [...]

Protest against change in electoral system in front of Parliament Building Mobilized by civil society, several thousand people came together in front of the Parliament Building in Chisinau on June 11 to protest against the change in the electoral system and to seek the withdrawal of the bill on the switchover to the mixed-member electoral system from the Parliament’s agenda. Representatives of the opposition – Party “Platform Dignity and Truth”, Party “Action and Solidarity”, Liberal Democratic Party and “Our Party” – joined [...]

Полицейское государство: МВД препятствует участию в гражданском протесте против изменения избирательной системы Полиция блокирует по всей стране передвижение любого автотранспорта, направляющегося в Кишинев, в день гражданского протеста против сговора Додона и Плахотнюка по изменению избирательной системы. Согласно многочисленным сообщениям в соцсетях, под угрозой увольнения или лишения лицензий, водители региональных автопредприятий были заранее предупреждены о «нежелательности» выезда автобусов на маршруты в Кишинев. Движение общественного автотранспорта из Криулян и Страшен на Кишинев просто заблокировано полицией. Подобная ситуация – в большинстве районов. Другим методом [...]

Der Protest der Zivilgesellschaft . Chişinău. Die Republik Moldau 2017.06.11

PLAHOTNIUC WILL BE USING ALL HIS RESOURCES TO UPSET CIVIL PROTESTING - OUR PARTY The Chairman of the Democratic Party, the 'executive coordinator' of the Moldovan ruling coalition Vlad Plahotniuc will be using all his political, administrative and media resources to upset the massive action of protest to be held in Chisinau on June 11, believe the leadership of the Partidul Nostru [Our Party]. OP Deputy Chairperson Elena Gritco told a news conference on Monday that during the latest protesting organized by [...]