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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 per-satuan 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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