New Commission to investigate the totalitarian Communist regime in Moldova

Interim President and Speaker Mihai Ghimpu decrees the creation of a Commission to Study and Assess the Totalitarian Communist Regime in Moldova (CSATCRM). „The Declaration of Sovereignty on June 23, 1990 and the Declaration of Independence on August 27, 1991 did not only mean the removal of the totalitarian Communist regime in Moldova, but also the chance to create a democratic society in the country.

Although in these nearly two decades Moldova made some progress in creating the rule of law and in the path toward European integration, the country still does not know the truth about the totalitarian Communist regime in its history. The availability of objective and multilateral information about this is utterly necessary in order for the post-Communist generation to know the totalitarian essence of the Communist regime and not to admit the installation of similar regimes in the future,” Mr. Ghimpu's decree says.

The CSATCRM „will periodically inform society about its activities; will come up with a study and a collection of documents and an analytical report about the historical, legal, and political nature of the totalitarian Communist regime; and will present proposals by June 1, 2010 to the President.”