In the first sitting of the legislature’s autumn-winter session, Speaker Igor Corman urged the MPs to show assiduousness and constructivism as the people expect more work and less show from them. The work in Parliament began amid protests. About 200 Communist sympathizers came together in front of the Palace of the Republic, chanting that they want early elections, IPN reports.
In the sitting, the leader of the Communist Party Vladimir Voronin said that over the last three months the people saw the events anticipated by the Communists. “The Savings Bank and the airport were stolen from the people and they became poor, while you, those from the government coalition, became richer. You prepare to also swallow Moldtelecom and the Railways. You should better dissolve Parliament and call early legislative elections. Moldova does not need conflicts. It needs to return to predictable, democratic development. We should start the development with the dismissal of this useless government,” he stated.
The head of the Liberal-Democratic parliamentary group Valeriu Strelet voiced hope that the autumn-winter session will be constructive. “It is a decisive period for our society. It hasn’t been easy for us after 2009. Since then, there were formulated different calls for dismissal, destabilization. Now the parliamentary and extra-parliamentary opposition and different groups make effort to prevent Moldova from following its course. Today they call for revolution, make insinuations and juggle with figures. The illusion of moorland stability is convenient for the Communist government, but we cannot go on like this,” he stated.
Dumitru Diacov, the head of the Democratic faction, said that Vladimir Voronin’s speech was peaceful compared with the expectations of the MPs from the coalition following Communists’ actions of the last few days. “We have three more parliamentary sessions. Mister Voronin, you know well the Constitution. Parliament cannot dissolve itself and we will not have early elections soon. I urge you to work so that we can come before the voters at the end of 2014. The duty of the opposition is to criticize. Moldova must become a serious partner on the international arena and must offer the people optimism,” he said.
The leader of the Liberal reformers Ion Hadarca was invited to the Parliament’s rostrum to give a speech on behalf the Liberals. This fact angered the Liberal leader Mihai Ghimpu. He insisted that Valeriu Munteanu, who was elected head of the Liberal faction after Ion Hadarca and several other colleagues were excluded from the party, should deliver a speech on behalf of the Liberals, not Hadarca. However, Ion Hadarca gave his speech. “We are on the last 100 meters of a long and difficult path – the transition. We have endured poverty, exodus and communism for 22 years. A light appeared in April 2009, of the European integration. In this session, we have several priority bills, but the European integration is the top priority,” he stated.
The Communist MPs demanded questioning Prime Minister Iurie Leanca, Minister of Economy Valeriu Lazar and Minister of Finance Anatol Arapu about the situation of Banca de Economii (”Savings Bank”), the concession of the airport and the Vilnius Summit in Parliament.
