{"id":98512,"date":"2005-09-05T17:13:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-05T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2005\/09\/05\/moldovas-dilemmas-in-democratizing-transnistria-4268-eng\/"},"modified":"2005-09-05T17:13:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-05T17:13:00","slug":"moldovas-dilemmas-in-democratizing-transnistria-4268-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/moldovas-dilemmas-in-democratizing-transnistria-4268-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Moldova\u2019s Dilemmas in Democratizing Transnistria"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

Moldovan civil society actors have long been advocating for the need to promote democratization in Transnistria. It seems as if their voice has finally been heard. The Orange revolution in Ukraine brought to power the opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, one of whose first foreign policy initiatives was to propose a comprehensive plan for settling the Transnistrian conflict. Democratization through the holding of free and fair elections to the new Transnistrian regional assembly under international monitoring is a key element of Yushchenko’s plan. Moldovan civil society is not, however, enthusiastic about the plan. Neither are the Moldovan or Transnistrian authorities, which are the main parties to the conflict. After briefly describing the international context and major provisions of Yushchenko’s plan, this article turns to a discussion of the reasons why both parties voice significant reservations about various aspects of the initiative. Although both the Moldovan and Transnistrian sides have accepted the plan as a basis for resuming negotiations about the terms of conflict settlement, there are multiple hurdles to achieving the plan’s goals. This article analyzes the major challenges and dilemmas that those interested in the democratization of Transnistrian will face while attempting to implement the plan and to using it as leverage for reaching a lasting solution to the conflict. \/\/ Dr. Oleh Protsyk  more>>><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>Moldovan civil society actors have long been advocating for the need to promote democratization in Transnistria. It seems as if their voice has finally been heard. The Orange revolution in Ukraine brought to power the opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, one of whose first foreign policy initiatives was to propose a comprehensive plan for settling the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

Moldovan civil society actors have long been advocating for the need to promote democratization in Transnistria. It seems as if their voice has finally been heard. The Orange revolution in Ukraine brought to power the opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, one of whose first foreign policy initiatives was to propose a comprehensive plan for settling the Transnistrian conflict. Democratization through the holding of free and fair elections to the new Transnistrian regional assembly under international monitoring is a key element of Yushchenko’s plan. Moldovan civil society is not, however, enthusiastic about the plan. Neither are the Moldovan or Transnistrian authorities, which are the main parties to the conflict. After briefly describing the international context and major provisions of Yushchenko’s plan, this article turns to a discussion of the reasons why both parties voice significant reservations about various aspects of the initiative. Although both the Moldovan and Transnistrian sides have accepted the plan as a basis for resuming negotiations about the terms of conflict settlement, there are multiple hurdles to achieving the plan’s goals. This article analyzes the major challenges and dilemmas that those interested in the democratization of Transnistrian will face while attempting to implement the plan and to using it as leverage for reaching a lasting solution to the conflict. \/\/ Dr. Oleh Protsyk  more>>><\/p>\n

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