The organizers of the Great Centenary Assembly that was set to take place in the Great National Assembly Square in Chisinau on March 25 will be peaceful. The statements that the event could degenerate into violence are false and are made with the aim of generating fear in the people so as to prevent them from taking part. Representatives of the Alliance for Centenary, which consists of a number of unionist organizations, called on the population not to yield to intimidations and to come in a large number to the central square of Chisinau. The participants will receive centenary accessories in the form of digit ‘100’, in the colors of the tricolor, while the representatives of communities will wear flags with the name of the village or town on them.
“We expect nice people, who feel they are Romanians, want a better future and want the country to be reunified, to come to the Great Centenary Assembly of this Sunday as all the citizens of the Republic of Moldova, regardless of ethnicity, religious denomination or political beliefs, have the right to better living conditions. So, we, the Moldovan Romanians, together with other ethnic groups, expect you to come to the Great Centenary Assembly on March 25 as it will be very nice there,” head of the National Unity Bloc “BUN” Ion Leashchenko stated in a news conference at IPN.
“UNIREA - ODIP” Association head Vlad Biletski stated that the people have been misinformed and misled that it will be dangerous in the central square of Chisinau. The rumors are fueled by President Igor Dodon with the aim of causing tensions in society. At the same time, the misinformation is aimed at causing fear in society and at preventing the people from coming to the largest unionist demonstration. “The unionists have never been aggressive and our events have always been held peacefully. It will be similarly this Sunday. We will show to the whole world that we are a peaceful movement that wants to return home, to the Great Romania,” stated the ODIP leader.
Head of the civic movement “Tinerii Moldovei” (“Moldova’s Youth”) Anatol Ursu said he has been recently contacted by a lot of persons and asked what will happen in Chisinau this Sunday and if the participants will not be somehow attacked. Someone told him he fears bloodshed. “This is both funny and outrageous! The people are intimidated and an ugly manipulation and misinformation campaign is conducted. We reiterate that it will be an absolutely peaceful assembly,” he noted.
George Simion, chairman of the unionist platform “Actiunea 2012”, said that before the Great Centenary Assembly there will be held the traditional Union Cup that is staged the sixth consecutive year. This will involve 16 teams, but if the members of the Party of Socialists want to take part, there will be created one more team. “I think it is the sports in which we should compete, not in destabilization and counter-demonstrations, as they intended to, but then gave up,” he stated.
The communities that signed union statements will receive flags with their names written on them from representatives of the Alliance for the Centenary. In the news conference, the attending mayors of Puhoi village of Ialoveni district and Ghiduleni village of Rezina district were handed over such flags. According to the mayor of Puhoi Petru Frunze, the event will certainly involve representatives of political parties, but the representatives of his community will speak not about parties, but about the dream and ideal of the citizens who want the Romanian nation to be reunified.
The Great Centenary Assembly for celebrating the 100th anniversary of Bessarabia’s union with Romania (1918) will take place in the Great National Assembly Square of Chisinau on March 25 starting at midday.
