Moldovan opposition wants deputy speaker interrogated over riots
The opposition Our Moldova Alliance (AMN) has asked the Information and Security Service (SIS) and the Prosecutor-General's Office to interrogate first deputy speaker Vladimir Turcan in the case "on organization of acts of vandalism on 7 April" street protests against the alleged rigging of the 5 April parliamentary election followed by the storming of the parliament building and the presidential administration.
In a statement for the media, the AMN said it asked the law-enforcement bodies to open a case based on the Criminal Code's Article 341 on "call for coup d'etat or for the use of force to change the constitutional system in Moldova".
"We base our request on the video made available by the [Internet portal] JurnalTV and showing the former head of the parliamentary committee for law issues and immunity [Vladimir Turcan] giving instructions to provocateurs who were preparing to fix the EU and Romanian flags on the presidential ad ministration and the parliament building," the AMN said in its statement.
The AMN described as a paradox the fact that Vladimir Turcan was later appointed as head of the parliamentary committee in charge of investigating the 7 April events by acting Communist President Vladimir Voronin.
"This decision was taken in order to hinder the investigation which should shed light on the role played by the Communist leadership in committing the acts of vandalism against the parliament building and the presidential administration," the AMN said in its statement.
The AMN believes that "the video showing Turcan speaking to protesters dismisses all allegations about the opposition's intention to stage a coup d'etat, allegations which have not been proved yet".
"The requests sent by the AMN to the SIS and the Prosecutor-General's Office will also show the attitude of these two state institutions towards the 7 April events," the opposition party said in its statement.
Turcan earlier admitted that he talked to Ion Galatchii and Dragos Musteata, the protesters who fixed the Romanian and EU flags on the two state buildings, but said that he did this in order to calm down the crowd. The low quality video posted by JurnalTV shows Turcan speaking to several people, with no voices being heard.
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