MADAyuMadyan - Beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan anti-EU telah meningkat pada ibu Moldova menuntut pembubaran parlimen yang mereka menuduh melanggar perlem-bagaan oleh “mengabaikan pendapat awam” dan “rahsia” membincangkan integrasi dengan EU.
Protes besar-besaran telah dianjurkan oleh Parti Komunis parti penekanan yang men-dakwa kehadiran lebih daripada 50 ribu orang. Sumber-sumber lain menganggarkan hanya kira-kira 15 ribu penunjuk perasaan membanjiri dataran utama Chisinau.
Pihak berkuasa menggunakan langkah-langkah tambahan untuk menghentikan orang ramai tambahan penunjuk perasaan daripada sampai ke ibu negara, media tempatan melaporkan. Pihak berkuasa dituduh menggunakan langkah-langkah tidak yang pernah berlaku sebelum ini untuk menghalang tindakan itu, melalui berhenti dan mengumpul dan mendaftarkan data pemandu dan plat lesen kenderaan membawa penunjuk perasaan dari kawasan negara kepada Chisinau.
Pergerakan pembangkang telah mengatur bas dari kawasan di bawah “kempen untuk Chisinau” slogan untuk mengambil bahagian dalam bantahan utama, yang didakwa oleh Parti Komunis sebagai “revolusi baldu.”
“Sebelum menandatangani perjanjian di Vilnius, sedang kerajaan diam-diam menga-dakan rundingan dengan EU, mengabaikan pendapat awam, Parlimen, dengan itu flagrantly melanggar Perlembagaan. Moldova mampu membina negeri sendiri demokrasi tanpa mengenakan standard Eropah Barat,” kata bekas Presiden negara dan pemimpin Komunis Vladimir Voronin di perhimpunan itu dengan memberi amaran rancangan kerajaan untuk berunding perjanjian dengan EU pada sidang kemuncak di Lithuania minggu depan.
‘Velvet revolution’ Thousands of Moldovans rally against pro-EU govt, ‘forced bondage’ of Euro-integration
Thousands of anti-EU protesters have rallied in the capital of Moldova demanding the dissolution of parliament which they accuse of violating the constitution by “ignoring public opinion” and “secretly” discussing integration with the EU.
The massive protest was organized by the oppositionist Communist Party which claimed attendance of more than 50 thousand people. Other sources estimate that only around 15 thousands protesters flocked to the main square of Chisinau.
The authorities applied extra measures to stop additional crowds of protesters from reaching the capital, local media reported. Authorities were accused of using unprecedented steps to prevent the action, through stopping and collecting and registering data of drivers and the license plates of vehicles carrying protesters from country’s regions to Chisinau.
The opposition movement had arranged buses from the regions under the “campaign to Chisinau” slogan to participate in the main protest, claimed by the Communist Party as a “velvet revolution.”
“Before signing the agreements in Vilnius, the government is secretly holding talks with EU, ignoring public opinion, the Parliament, thus flagrantly violating the Constitution. Moldova is able to build its own democratic state without imposing West European standards,” the country’s former President and Communist leader Vladimir Voronin said at the rally, warning of government’s plans to negotiate a deal with the EU at a summit in Lithuania next week.
Penunjuk perasaan membawa bendera rasmi dan simbol sejarah Moldova, Rusia dan CIS blok dan menuntut peletakan jawatan kerajaan pro-Eropah dan dipanggil untuk pilihan raya awal. Voronin berkata bahawa Rusia boleh membantu ekonomi Moldovan dengan menyediakan tenaga yang lebih murah sebagai sebahagian daripada perjanjian Kesatuan Kastam.
“Moldova boleh menjadi sebuah negara Eropah, hanya jika ia menyertai Kesatuan Kastam, yang memberikan orang banyak peluang untuk pembangunan penuh di negara ini,” kata Voronin.
Pemimpin pembangkang mengucapkan tahniah kepada rakyat dan kerajaan dari Ukraine, yang telah menunjukkan “politik mereka dan tidak tunduk kepada tekanan Brussels yang mahu untuk menarik negara ini ke dalam perhambaan paksa.” Beliau menggesa Moldova mengikut jejak langkah Kiev.
“Moldova harus mengikuti jejak langkah Ukraine dan menggantung persiapan untuk menamatkan sesuatu perjanjian dengan EU,” kata Voronin.
Perdana Menteri negara Iurie Leanca bagaimanapun berkata kerajaan mempunyai pendirian yang berbeza pada integrasi EU.
“Kami menghormati keputusan Ukraine untuk menggantung persiapan untuk menanda-tangani perjanjian persatuan dengan EU. Tetapi kita telah membuat pilihan kita sendiri dan ia kekal tidak berubah,” kata Leanca.
The demonstrators brought official flags and historical symbols of Moldova, Russia and the CIS bloc and demanded the resignation of the pro-European government and called for early elections. Voronin said that Russia could aid the Moldovan economy by providing cheaper energy as part of the Customs Unions agreement.
“Moldova can become a European country, only if it joined the Customs Union, which gives people a lot of opportunities for full development of the country,” Voronin said.
The opposition leader congratulated the people and government of Ukraine, who have shown “their political will and did not yield to the pressure of Brussels that wanted to draw the country into forced bondage.” He called on Moldova to follow in Kiev’s footsteps.
“Moldova should follow in Ukraine's footsteps and suspend the preparations for concluding an agreement with the EU,” Voronin said.
The country’s Prime Minister Iurie Leanca however says his government has a different stance on EU integration.
“We respect Ukraine's decision to suspend preparations for signing the association agreement with the EU. But we have made our own choice and it remains unchanged,” Leanca said.
Leanca dipanggil integrasi Eropah “model keutamaan pembangunan” mengatakan baha-wa bergerak lebih dekat ke EU “tidak bertentangan dengan hubungan dengan negara-negara CIS.”
Pada hari Rabu, Timbalan Menteri Luar dan Menteri Integrasi Eropah Moldova Julian Groza berkata, kerjasama Moldova dengan EU akan diperkukuh, tanpa mengira hubungan antara Kiev dan Brussels.
“Hubungan antara Moldova dengan EU akan disatukan tanpa mengira hubungan dengan negara-negara lain,” kata Groza, sebagai Chisinau merancang untuk setem dan kemudian menandatangani perjanjian perkongsian dengan EU pada sidang kemuncak di Vilnius minggu depan.
Protes Moldovan diikuti penggantungan Ukraine persediaan untuk perjanjian persatuan antara Kiev dan Brussels yang juga telah dirancang untuk ditandatangani di ibu Lithuania. Keputusan itu diambil selepas Kiev ditimbang manfaat kewangan dipersoalkan daripada perkongsian dengan Kesatuan Eropah dan kesan-kesan negatif yang mungkin bagi persatuan ini mengenai hubungan dagangannya dengan Moscow. Keputusan Ukraine untuk menghentikan apa yang secara meluas dianggap sebagai langkah2 pertama ke arah integrasi dengan blok Eropah, disambut oleh Rusia dan dikritik oleh EU.
Leanca called European integration “a priority model of development” saying that moving closer to the EU “does not run counter to relations with the CIS countries.”
On Wednesday, Deputy Foreign Affairs and European Integration Minister of Moldova Julian Groza said that Moldova’s cooperation with the EU will be strengthened, regardless of relations between Kiev and Brussels.
“Relations between Moldova with the EU will be consolidated regardless of relations with other countries,” Groza said, as Chisinau plans to stamp and later sign a partnership agreement with the EU at a summit in Vilnius next week.
Moldovan protests followed Ukraine’s suspension of preparations for an association agreement between Kiev and Brussels that was also planned to be signed in Lithuanian capital. The decision was taken after Kiev weighed the questionable financial benefits from partnership with the EU and the possible negative effects of the association on its trade relations with Moscow. Ukraine’s decision to halt what is widely considered as a first step towards integration with the European bloc, was welcomed by Russia and heavily criticized by the EU.
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