The opposition Party of Communists released a press statement today reacting to a group of fundamentalist Christian Orthodox believers taking down a Hanukkan Menorah.
The statement says that "anti-Semitism and xenophobia are a direct result of the new regime's policies." It goes on to argue that anti-Semitism is an initiative and an instrument of the Government, not an attitude of the tolerant and multinational people of Moldova. It is sufficient to mention that all of the actions that took place on December 13 in downtown Chisinau took place with the excessive tolerance of the representatives of the new regime and without the complete involvement of municipal police."
Justice Minister Alexandru Tanase replied that the former Government was actually the one that tolerated such actions and announced that the Justice Ministry could actually remove the organization that vandalized the menorah from the register of community organizations.
Anatolie Cibric, the organizer of the Christian Orthodox gathering, is currently being investigated. If he is found guilty of instigating to inter-ethnic and religious hatred, he may end up paying a 5,000-leu (about 500 dollars) fine or spend three years in prison.
Jewish community representatives in Moldova have said that they do not believe the event has any political connotations.
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