MOSCOW, August 1. /TASS/. The trial of Gagauz autonomy’s head Evghenia Gutsul will determine Moldova’s future for years to come, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
"No doubt that this trial will to a larger extent determine Moldova’s future for years to come. Hopefully, common sense will win out in Chisinau and the Moldovan government will get back to observing the law, regardless of the current regime’s political goals. Because the independent and unbiased judicial system is the guarantee of the state’s normal functioning," she said.
According to the Russian diplomat, Sandu’s policy of the crackdown on the opposition only toughens as the parliamentary elections scheduled for September 28 are getting closer. "This is being done under the pretext of repelling the invented ‘Russian propaganda.’ And the trial of the legitimately elected Gagauz head, Evghenia Gutsul, who has been under the house arrest since April 9, is in the center of this political farce and outrage," Zakharova noted.
"Moldovan experts slam this trial as a "demonstrative political lynching" and an attempt to intimidate all those who disagree with the Chisinau regime," she noted. "There have been reports that the current Moldovan authorities are exerting pressure on judges involved in Gutsul’s trial. Sandu doesn’t hesitate to openly clamp down on dissidence and infringe upon fundamental human rights and freedoms."
