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Wöber – The Autonomy of Gagauzia
activities and regional integration – a process that seems to be in
development, despite obvious concerns by central authorities.
The formula of the “functioning of the Gagauz autonomy as an indicator of
maturity of the Moldovan state” 279 will thereby still be valid and the
authorities in Moldova, as well as in Gagauzia, will further be judged by their
actions in the years to come. If the full political spectrum of the country
agrees that the autonomy is an irreversible process that always considers the
special rights and demands of the minority with whom an agreement had
been reached, and the Gagauz elite likewise show openness for reform and
consider the position of the rest of the country more seriously, the basis for a
new dialogue would exist. As a living autonomy, Gagauzia could potentially
bring good to the Republic of Moldova.
279 Baku Today, “OSCE: The Functioning of the Gagauz Autonomy: An Indicator of Maturity of the
Moldovan State”, 14 June 2011, at http://www.bakutoday.net/osce-the-functioning-of-the-gagauzautonomy-an-indicator-of-maturity-of-the-moldovan-state.html.
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