The Popular Front of Moldova is a political movement in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Republic of Moldova . Formally, the Popular Front of Moldova existed between 1989 and 1992 . The forerunner of the Popular Front of Moldova was the Democratic Movement of Moldova (1988-1989). The Christian Democratic People's Front (1992-1999) became its successor, from which the Christian Democratic People's Party of Moldova was formed in 1999 .
The Popular Front was well organized at the national level, with stronger support in the capital and in areas inhabited by ethnic Romanians . Although the organization took power, internal disputes led to a sharp drop in popular support, and the Popular Front of Moldova broke up into several competing factions in early 1993 .
History
In 1988, two opposition groups arose: the Democratic Movement in Support of Perestroika and the Aleksey Mateevich Music and Literature Club. On May 20, 1989, the Popular Front of Moldova was created, which advocated the autonomy of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic . With the direct participation of these organizations, in the summer of 1989, numerous demonstrations took place in Chisinau . The demonstrators demanded the political and economic independence of Moldova, the annulment of the consequences of the German-Soviet treaty of 1939 , the recognition of the status of the official language of the republic on the basis of the Latin script . Some sources report that the slogans sounded at the demonstrations: “Moldova - to the Moldavians!”, “Suitcase - station - Russia” [1] [2] . According to other sources, this slogan in Moldova was voiced once on the pages of the Russian press as a hyperbole. In response to this, on July 8, the constituent congress of the Unitate-Unity movement took place. On August 31, 1989, the Supreme Council of the MSSR proclaimed Moldavian the official language in the “political, economic, social and cultural spheres”, the Russian language as the language of interethnic communication. A law was passed on the return of the Latin language to the Moldovan language. Mircea Snegur was elected Chairman of the Supreme Council with the support of the Popular Front.
On February 25, 1990, the first free elections to the Supreme Council of the Moldavian SSR were held . Supporters of the Popular Front received 25% of deputy seats. On April 27, 1990, state symbols were changed and a blue-yellow-red tricolor was introduced as the national flag . Deputies opposed to the Popular Front, on May 24, 1990, resigned from the Parliament of Moldova .
Notes
- ↑ MAGAZINE of the Russian State Humanitarian University . New Historical Bulletin No. 17 (1) 2008. N. I. Kharitonova. Transnistria: War and Truce (1990-1992)
- ↑ Transnistria // Moldova. Modern development trends. - S. 373.