Moldovan communists launch Red Bloc party

Because the majority of party members are former members of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM), who were expelled or left its ranks due to [PCRM President Vladimir] Voronin’s policy of conciliation with the country’s ruling oligarchic regime, the Red Bloc congress adopted a new program, based on the 2008 PCRM program.

At the congress, delegates heard speeches about the need to continue the struggle against the anti-people oligarchic regime and any manifestations of xenophobia and neo-fascism, as well as organizing protest actions against the Plakhotnyuk-Filat-Voronin regime. It was noted that the Red Bloc should be a body that can unite all genuine communists and other leftists around common goals and objectives.

Pavel Grygorchuk address the congress by video. Photo: Grenada.md

The delegates of the party congress adopted a number of declarations. The Red Bloc declared the ruling regime in Moldova to be criminal, and rejected cooperating with it in any form. Delegates of the Red Bloc Congress also condemned the militaristic and bellicose policy of the Moldovan authorities aimed at eliminating the country’s constitutional neutrality. Another declaration condemned the regime’s political repression against opposition activists, demanding the immediate release of political prisoners Pavel Grygorchuk and Mikhail Amerberg from house arrest, as well as an end to all harassment against the opposition. Amerberg and ​​Grygorchuk gave greetings to the congress through video messages, which were broadcast during the discussion. 

Grigory Petrenko, chair of the Red Bloc party, said that “Moldova has a new left-wing opposition party, based on Marxism. We will uncompromisingly fight the anti-people regime. The country should be freed from the dictates of the oligarchs. The system and power must change!”

The congress received congratulatory greeting from the Communist Party of Ukraine and the Workers’ Party of Hungary. The congress was attended by comrades of fraternal leftist parties and movements: Nadezhda Bondarenko, secretary of the Pridnestrovie Communist Party; Daniel Bliort, representative of the Socialist Party of Romania; and Yevgeny Tozlovanu, leader of the Komsomol of Transnistria.

The Red Bloc Congress decided to send an application to join the Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP-CPSU), as well as the Party of the European Left.

Press Service of Red Bloc, May 11, 2015

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