It is ironic that Iurie, who has worked long and tirelessly in the cause of national political autonomy and democracy, is being harassed and threatened with imprisonment ― on the basis of charges that are highly questionable from a legal standpoint, to say the least ― only months before the holding of what will effectively be a national referendum on whether Moldova should join the European Union, of which he has been outspokenly critical.

― Garry Robson