Russian to be deprived of international communication language status in Moldova

Moldovan Liberal party is going to strip the Russian language off the status of international communication language, TASS reports. Local liberals support the Western trends and vote for the country joining Romania and entering NATO. The leader of this political force Mikhai Gimpu has claimed that the party is going to appeal to the Constitutional court. In his words, several laws should be reviewed including the law about rights of northern minorities.

He has reminded that the status of international communication language was fixed in the law about language functioning approved at the end of 80s. The politician is sure that this statement is unacceptable as Moldova can have only one language of international communication, which is the state Romanian language.

This is not the first similar legislative initiative of the Liberal party over several days. It also proposed a bill last week about exclusion of the country from CIS.

According to Moldovan President Igor Dodon, these actions are undertaken due to the closeness of the Parliament elections. The Head of State has assured that in case the worst scenario comes true and deputies support the bill, the exclusion from CIS would not be completed until the Parliament elections are over. Dodon has reminded that the procedure of exclusion from CIS with all formalities takes about a year, however after the elections the situation might be completely different.

Russkiy Mir