Moldova abolishes law granting Russian language interethnic status
The Constitutional Court of Moldova recognized that the law on language statuses, which was adopted in 1989, was outdated. The law defines the Russian language as the language of interethnic communication in the country, Ukrinform reports.
The point of the initiative was "to recognize the Law on the Functioning of Languages on the Territory of the Moldavian SSR as obsolete," Chairman of the Constitutional Court Mihai Poalelungi said.
The decision of the Constitutional Court partially satisfied the claim of the Liberal Party of Moldova to recognize the law as unconstitutional. According to liberals, the language of interethnic communication in Moldova should be Romanian.
Representatives of the Liberal Party also believe that retaining the law infringes on the rights of other nationalities living in Moldova, namely Ukrainians, Bulgarians, Gagauzes and others.
Earlier, the Constitutional Court of Moldova recognized as lawful the law on combating Russian propaganda.