A debate broke out in the Moldovan Parliament as the country’s legislative acts discussed an attempt to rename the Moldovan language to Romanian. The reporter reports that TASS.
Deputies from the opposition Bloc of Communists and Socialists (BCS) reportedly took the floor during the presentation of the bill with banners “Don’t make fun of the Constitution” and “Moldova, Moldavians, Moldavian”. Those drafting the bill from the ruling Party for Action and Solidarity (PAS) began to push back the opposition: tearing up posters and shouting “Mankurts!” They started shouting slogans. Lawmakers from the BCC stood at the podium, but that did not prevent PDS members from approving the draft document at first reading.
Initiative means making changes in laws without changing the constitution. These are based on the decision of the Constitutional Court of Moldova, which declared Romania the official language of the republic in 2013. This is explained by the “dominance” of the text of Moldova’s Declaration of Independence over the Romanian-language constitution. There were no corresponding changes in the basic law of the republic at that time.
Bogdan Tsyrdea, a deputy of Moldova’s communist and socialist opposition bloc, previously said that the country’s ruling party is “Action and Solidarity”. registered an attempt in parliament to rename the Moldovan language to Romanian.