Given how much our country has suffered, it’s amazing that we still have our Moldovan statehood and identity. It means we will have the strength to build a better future, which our country and people deserve. The statement was made by Igor Dodon, chairman of the Party of Socialists, in an interview with IPN on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Moldovan independence.
The politician thinks that after 25 years of independence, Moldova looks like an old man on his deathbed, a country that has been abused and destroyed by most of the governments we’ve had so far. In his opinion, the failures started with the ruining of the Soviet heritage, which contained some valuable assets, then the fueling of inter-ethnic hatred, the fratricidal war on the Nistru River, replacing Moldovan symbols with Romanian ones, even the anthem for some time, the neglect of our villages, of the demographic situation, the encouragement of corruption and mass emigration. “We did not know how to govern this country efficiently”, said the Socialist..
As regards accomplishments, the politician is happy that Moldova still exists as a territorial state. “The stage in which Moldova finds itself today can be called unconsciousness. The government and many people seem to have given up on it, decided to consume whatever is left of it and give it to strangers. The government is stealing and cheating without any qualms and many people are leaving abroad for good, while others have embraced the poisoned idea of uniting with Romania and wish for the disappearance of our country and others have fallen into depression and despair. It’s bad”, stressed Igor Dodon.
According to the PSRM leader, politics has become a business and the most corrupt field, it’s totally compromised. The economy is several times weaker that it was during MSSR times, culture has become a beggar, tourism transformed into sex-tourism, health care is without qualified doctors, education has been rocked by the closing of schools and inefficient reforms, while agriculture and villages degraded and are in a worse situation than in the ‘50s.
“The governing parties’ fault is that they saw their position as a chance to fill their pockets, as a temporary situation they had to make the most of on a personal level. The majority of people who have been in power also lacked proper professional training and had no responsibility towards the people. The citizens’ fault is that weren’t wise enough to save what was good in the Socialist period and instead looted and ruined former farms and kolkhozes. They became easy prey for ultra-nationalist messages, gave up Moldovan identity for the Romanian one, voted populists into power and did not learn to cooperate, to do things with their own forces, on a local level, where they had the power to decide and to change things”, explained Dodon.
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the declaration of Moldova’s Independence, IPN decided to depict the portrait of the current Republic of Moldova. For the purpose, we challenged a number of people, including state officials, politicians, businessmen, civil rights activists and persons without posts and titles, but who have what to say. The generic picture is entitled “Thoughts about and for Moldova” and the articles have started to be published on July 18.
