ROMANIAN LAWMAKER BELIEVES MOLDOVA SHOULD QUIT CIS

Constantin Codreanu, a Member of the Parliament of Romania from the Popular Movement Party, who is running for Chisinau Mayor as the candidate of the National Unity Party (PUN), believes the Republic of Moldova should secede from the Commonwealth of Independent States.

He wrote in his press release that “the CIS has remained a structure-substitute to the demised Soviet empire created on the initiative of Russia and two more Slavic states [Ukraine and Belarus] in December 1991”.

“The CIS is a surrogate organization functioning by the principle of a joint-stock society, where Russia is the owner of a controlling parcel of 51%, whereas Moldova – only 3%”, presumes Constantin Codreanu.

In his opinion, Moldova should follow the example of its Eastern Partnership colleagues – Georgia, which divorced the CIS in 2009, and Ukraine, which has been in the process of secession.

“Presently we are eye-witnessing a global change of geopolitical situation in the region – Moscow is gradually losing its influence here. And if Ukraine leaves the CIS, Moldova will no more have a common border with CIS countries, which circumstance will further move Moldova away from Russia”, maintains the Romanian parliamentarian.

Codreanu is convinced that the Government of Moldova should initiate as soon as only possible the procedure of secession from the Commonwealth of Independent States and should thus withdraw the republic from under Russia’s influence.

Infotag’s dossier: Constantin Codreanu, an ardent unionist, was elected to the Parliament of Romania in 2016 on the ticket of the Popular Movement party [Basescu’s]. Born and raised in Moldova, Codreanu was one of the leaders of the Civil Platform “Actiunea 2012”, uniting a number of Moldovan and Romanian non-governmental organizations supporting the idea of unification [Unirea] of the two countries. Later on, he came to head the National Unity Bloc (BUN) uniting some 30 non-governmental organizations supporting, and working actively for, the Unirea idea. In the Romanian Parliament he represents the interests of the Romanian diaspora in foreign countries.

The National Unity Party (PUN) of Moldova founded in Chisinau in 2017 for the only purpose of promoting the idea of Moldova’s unification with Romania.