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The Parliament of Moldova returned the status of the language of inter-ethnic communication to the Russian language, which in effect equated it with the state language.
This was reported by Interfax. The bill was approved in second reading by the deputies of the Socialist Party and the Shor Party, who support the country’s president, Igor Dodon, who will resign on December 23.
Representatives of the opposition political forces boycotted the parliament meeting, claiming that the agenda proposed by the majority was “toxic.”
The special status of the Russian language means that it received the same rights as Moldovan. Consequently, representatives of state authorities, as well as all organizations and companies in the country, can communicate with citizens in Russian in writing and orally.
According to the law, the names of all goods and services, as well as medicines, will be translated into Russian. On the tablets and posters of organizations and institutions, their names will also be written in Russian.
Furthermore, it establishes the responsibility of officials for refusing to communicate with citizens at their request in Russian or to give them answers in writing.
Following the approval of the bill at first reading, Moldovan President-elect Maya Sandu criticized it and said she would challenge it in court.
“I know why the socialists did it right now, they were afraid that the inhabitants of the country would unite to fight corruption and put things in order in the country. With this project they want to divide society and bring people to the barricades “Sandu said.
Let us remind you that Dodon said in an interview with Russian television channels that he wants to have time to sign the law on the state of the Russian language before the inauguration of the newly elected president of Moldova Maya Sandu, scheduled for December 24. .
As OBOZREVATEL previously reported, the Odessa Regional Administrative Court reversed the decision of the Odessa Regional Council to grant regional Russian-language status. The trial lasted two years.
