Public Alert: Stop the Attacks Against Civil Society in the Republic of Moldova
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The National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, which has 92 member organisations, and several other groups have issued a public alert in Moldova. They denounce what they call unprecedented attacks on NGOs, development partners and democracy launched by Socialist MP Bogdan Țîrdea on 21 October 2020.
The signatories say the attack discredits civil society through falsehoods and defamation, using disinformation techniques typical of totalitarian regimes. They argue that NGOs rely on constitutionally guaranteed rights, that responsibility is individual rather than collective, and that donor funding has filled gaps the public budget could not cover. They add that the EU Association Agreement explicitly provides for strengthening civil society. They also see the timing of the book launch, days before the presidential election, as a diversion from media investigations into President Igor Dodon.
They call on Parliament, the Government, President Dodon, the PSRM and other politicians to distance themselves from the manipulations, and on the political class to stop the attacks. They ask Țîrdea to retract the falsehoods from his 21 October 2020 press conference, and urge the media to scrutinise politicians' statements carefully. The list of signatories remains open.
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