In the capital of Moldova, Chisinau, a march and rally were held against the cancellation of the Victory Day celebrations in the country. During the events, thousands of people marched from the train station to the Heroes Savior monument. TASS.
In May, the pro-European political party Action and Solidarity, which controls the parliament and government, announced that Victory Day was renamed after World War II.
The action was organized by the Vozrozhdenie party, the deputies and supporters of the Shor party, and the Bloc of Communists and Socialists. Speaking at the rally, Shor party deputy Regina Apostolova said that May 9 should remain as Victory Day and the public did not want to call this holiday differently.
Diana Caraman, MP for the Communists and Socialists Bloc, believes that the decision to cancel this holiday in the country is the authorities’ revenge on the Moldovans for “not propagating against Victory Day”.
The participants of the rally chanted various slogans such as “Hands off from Victory”, “We have a Victory Day – this is May 9” against the cancellation of this holiday, and brought with them the Victory Banner and portraits of veterans. Great Patriotic War, Moldovan and Gagauzian flags.
This is not the first rally linked to this initiative. previous promotion passed On May 26, supporters and representatives of the communist and socialist opposition parties in Moldova held a picket spot in front of the parliament building.