Communists say their final adieu to this parliament
The opposition Communist Party faction shall never come back to the current Parliament, even for the much-advertised extraordinary plenary sitting, at which the Ghimpu Commission [for Assessment and Condemnation of the Totalitarian Communist Regime in Moldova] will present its verdict to communism, stated the MCP leader, ex-president of Moldova Vladimir Voronin.
On Wednesday morning, the MCP faction appeared in the Parliament house, but when they saw their motion on dismissing Acting President Mihai Ghimpu was not included into the session's agenda, they rose and demonstratively left the room.
"We knew that the governing alliance would not sacrifice anybody of their camp. But we wanted the Moldovan society to see how all this would be happening. What Ghimpu has made by signing his decree is abnormal, no matter from the viewpoint of Left or Right forces. There was yet another reason why we came to parliament today - to see the real attitude of DP leader Lupu's to Mihai Ghimpu. Today, we saw once again who Lupu is really: he speaks one thing but does the opposite. We've got convinced that his Democratic Party is a Right force having nothing to do with the Moldovan people's interests. Lupu is a naГЇve simpleton, still dreaming of becoming a President one day with Ghimpu's help", said Voronin.
He stressed that the ongoing attacks against the Moldovan Communist Party for its allegedly illicit construction of a party office are pursuing a goal of distracting the public attention from the lawlessness practiced by the authorities.
In his turn, Parliament Speaker Mihai Ghimpu called the Communist boycott "a disgrace... They have been ignoring plenary sittings for 4 months now, showing up occasionally for several minutes, and going away. This is a shame for Moldova, and particularly a shame on the opposition, which is supposed to be constantly present in the room to control the power".
LDPM First Deputy Chairman and Liberal Democratic faction leader Mihai Godea stated, "While we are debating serious things like amendments to the State Budget law, the Communists have decided that time for a noisy show is ripe".
Next Friday, the majority alliance [53 MPs in the 101-member parliament] will hear the Ghimpu commission's report. On that day, the alliance will also debate the proposition on official condemnation of the Soviet totalitarian communist regime. So far, however, the four AEI constituent party leaders seem to be uncertain about outlawing communist symbols in Moldova or not.
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