Secretary general of the Party “Action and Solidarity” Igor Grosu said the commission of inquiry constituted by Parliament to examine the circumstances of interference by “Open Dialog” and its founder Ludmila Kozlowska in Moldova’s internal affairs aims to intimidate the opposition parties. The issue was developed in the program “Expertise hour” on Jurnal TV channel.
Igor Grosu noted the government applies all the available instruments, including the parliamentary platform. “If it had really wanted to raise the issue of funding of political parties in the Republic of Moldova, it would have adopted a broader approach,” he stated. According to him, the name of the document and the stated reasons clearly showed the Democratic Party enters the election campaign by hitting and trying to discredit the opposition parties.
Furthermore, the government failed in its attempts to show that it defends the human rights and a proof is the reactions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, the Ambassador of Poland in Moldova and the European Commission, which are stupefied by the accusations made by particular circles in Moldova, stated the secretary general.
Ștefan Gligor, programs director at the Center for Policies and Reforms, said “Open Dialog” is an organization that focuses on activities related to the protection of human rights and counteracting of abuses committed by authoritarian, dictatorial authorities in the post-Soviet area and in Southeastern Europe.
The president of “Open Dialog” Ludmila Kozlowska said she would be glad to be able to finance opposition parties, but she does not have such a possibility and this is a lie. “The only thing we did was to invite representatives of the opposition and civil society of Moldova to the European Parliament. This is an absolutely normal practice for our organization. We invite a lot of representatives of other countries on different platforms,” she stated.
On October 4 this year, Moldova’s Parliament constituted a commission of inquiry for elucidating the circumstances of the interference by “Open Dilaog” Foundation and its founder Ludmila Kozlowska in Moldova’s internal affairs and the financing of particular parties. In a hearing last week, the legislative body extended the report presentation period for the commission for 30 days.
