Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Radio Free Europe: Chess, Poker, And Kickboxing In Moldovan Politics

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty recently published an article by former OSCE mission head to Moldova Louis O'Neill (2006-2008).

An excerpt:
"And the rhetoric on both sides has turned even uglier, taking on a fight-to-the-death quality. Prime Minister Vlad Filat lamented that the AIE "hadn't done everything possible" to get Lupu elected, "being excessively permissive" with the Communists. In clarifying what he meant, Filat again invoked the raw power of political prosecutions for winning the day: "We need to be more incisive and let the law enforcement organs do their work." Thus, the country's prime minister suggested that negotiations over electing Lupu failed because the AIE provided "insufficient motivation" for the Communists, including not having criminal cases ready over the "illegalities committed by the previous [Communist] government.""

The full text is available here.

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