Yesterday supporters of the opposition ‘’Our Party" began to protest at the residence of the President of Moldova, Nicolae Timofti, demanding his resignation. Two months ago, in early October, the administration of the head of state received the demands of the demonstrators camped in front of the Parliament for his voluntary resignation. Their message has not been answered, but yesterday the demonstrators were met by the secretary general of the president, Ion Paduraru, who said that Timofti cannot fulfill the requirements of the protesters because his withdrawal from the post would cause "a political crisis and the collapse of authority," Interfax reports.
Opinion polls show that Moldovans have not only become less trusting of the authorities, but are disappointed with the idea of European integration.
A Senior Fellow at the Center for Studies of Problems of Neighboring Countries of the RISS, Alexander Shevchenko, believes that "the authorities, especially all the latest formats of the coalition that took shape in 2009, did not sufficiently take into account, I think, the interests of the majority of the population. This has led to an increase in political tension in the country. This has led to a deterioration of the prospects for the Transnistrian conflict, stagnation in this area, this has led to problems in the socio-economic situation of the country. Finally, it has led to the discrediting of the course of European integration, which is now shared by a much smaller number of people in the country than in the past, the year before. "
Shevchenko believes that the political line of the EU is deeply mistaken, "the tactics of small concessions, the tactics of small donations in its orbit of influence, entire nations, states, territories could be involved. I once had to deal with, and I said at one of the round tables that the present Association Agreement of the Republic of Moldova with Brussels in fact draws its roots in the preferential agreements, which at one time even the European market concluded with its former colonies. Then, by giving certain concessions, the market managed to keep them in its orbit of influence. I do not want to say that the current agreement of Chisinau and Brussels is a mirror of the same agreement, but they have a lot of those features, above all the desire to keep the Republic of Moldova in Brussels in the orbit of influence of Western European oligarchical capital by means of the tactics of small concessions. "
As an alternative to Moldava the expert sees cooperation with Russia, ‘’A largely common history between Russia and Moldova can serve as a stimulus, the community of the two countries in the Orthodox, religious, psychological, economic and cultural spheres. brings Moldova with Russia more than it would bring the country together with Western Europe. Therefore, the factors working for rapprochement with the Eurasian Economic Union, it seems to me, are greater than the factors working in the Western vector. It is not that easy to join the EAEC. And the example of Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, which have recently joined and worked very hard, shows that there really should be a lot of work, you have a lot to do. And most important is that there is a political solution for the country's leadership, it should probably listen, first of all, to what the aspirations of, indeed, among the population, what people say. "