The Moldovan head of state, Maia Sandu, has called on the citizens to convene in Chisinau, on May 21st, to show their support for the country ‘s pro-European path.
The President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, called on her fellow Moldovans to get together, on May 21, in the Great National Union Square in Chisinau, to show their support for the European path chosen by the small state of less than 3 million people, the poorest in Europe. She has made this appeal in the context of repeated attempts by Russia to destabilise this ex-Soviet country, such as street protests paid by Russian supporters, or attempts to topple the pro-European government, attempts denounced by Chisinau.
President Maia Sandu: “Some even ask themselves if our people truly want to join the EU. I urge you to show, as a people, the clear decision to stand by the European family, based on respect, stability and economic collaboration. I urge you to explain to those who still have doubts, that the decisions regarding the future of the Republic of Moldova are taken in the Republic of Moldova. “
Maia Sandu also had a direct message for the pro-Russian parties in Chisinau, whom she accused of using the war in the neighbouring Ukraine to destabilise their own country and take over power: “The dirty money that finances the attempts to destabilise (the country) continue to come. There are thoughtless people in Moldova who watch what is happening in Ukraine and are glad to see people murdered, people who watch the horrors in Bahmut, Bucea, Mariupol, Herson and say their people are close. These individuals, who sold their country, are now ready to watch our villages and cities erased from the face of earth, only for them to take over power. “
By participating in the popular assembly of May 21, entitled suggestively ‘The European Moldova’, President Maia Sandu calls on her fellow Moldovans to tell the world they are Europeans and this is the path they have chosen.
A guest on Radio Romania, the head of the Institute of Political Sciences and International Relations of the Romanian Academy, Professor Dan Dungaciu, has analysed the Moldovan President’ appeal: ”In the Republic of Moldova there are no political parties but geo-political parties. This rupture is hard to cover by a national gathering, even one staged by probably one of the most popular presidents of the Republic of Moldova – Maia Sandu. As an initiative, it is a good one, worth supporting. If it succeeds in putting Moldova on the path towards the West, irrespective of political cycles, remains to be seen. ”
Meanwhile, Dan Dungaciu says, the shortest way to Moldova’s EU accession continues to be Romania, which “will always be what the Republic of Moldova has left, when everything else is taken from it.“
(Roxana Vasile, Radio Romania International)
