in Chisinau, capital of the Republic of Moldova, there is a touch of the orient
even condos in the classic socialist. The city, full of wide boulevards and
interspersed with huge parks,
is renowned for its hospitality and friendliness of its people. Spring is
blossomed in all its beauty and the main course, Stefan cel Mare
, is a constant bustle of people walking.
The small village on the edge of Europe, in early April
has filled the pages of newspapers all over the world because a 'critical mass' of
young people poured into streets to challenge the results of
election. For the third consecutive
the Communists won a majority and the opposition says there have been
fraud and that the dead have inexplicably voted. People
now we ride on a man talking to himself in a cemetery. "That'll be
doing?", They ask two friends. "A campaign rally."
Now the atmosphere is relaxed and manifestations of a month ago remain
only the renovation of the parliament and the presidency of the republic
. The seats of power I've been devastated and set on fire
, but the opposition has shown evidence that the vandalism
were organized by government and intelligence agencies to discredit the movement
that otherwise could be spread to
wildfire. The corridors of power have trembled and because it is under
the eyes of all: poverty wages and high inflation, freedom 'democratic
at risk, controlled media more' or less openly
and corruption so widespread that it is now customary.
governs a clan whose skeleton consists of Vladimir Voronin and his son Oleg
. This was a communist president for two terms, and constitutional
unable to obtain a third party, has just made
appoint as President of the Parliament, Putin-style. The other
has a good slice of the business activities of the country.
Aggravating tensions, a population divided in half between Russian speakers and native speakers of Romanian
. It is still corso una rivisitazione molto
grossolana della storia del Paese per porre le basi di un ulteriore
russificazione.
Quattro ragazzi sono morti in circosanze sospette dopo gli arresti
arbirari effettuati per strada o in università dalla polizia, ma la
vita va avanti, anche perchè qui siamo alle prese con una quotidiana
lotta per la sopravvivenza. Ti chiedi come si riesca ad arrivare a
fine-mese: se per strada inizi a pensarci, la mente si arrotola su se
stessa e una vena di tristezza la pervade. Spinti da una vita senza
futuro, un quarto della popolazione è già emigrata.
Questo Paese mi ha ricordato l'Italia. Sarà per il conflitto di
interessi o la corruzione which affects every corner of social life and
that creates citizens with different status depending on income.
to be attempts to rewrite history to use the political imperatives of the moment
, or support affected the church in the system, the Communist vote
strangely here. It will pay for that day after day
inflation will erode or maybe just for the suspension of rights
during some moments of protest, I do not know.
What I do know is that the surprise in this corner of the world are
were in their twenties. Chisinau I met the guys more open and dynamic
I've ever known. Laity, informed, with a deep-rooted democratic culture
. It was not a case if the events are
games from them. If the future of a nation is seen by his sons,
the Republic of Moldova is certainly in good hands.
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