Moldovan President Maia Sandu has become an enemy of Gagauzia after Moldovan authorities tried to annul election results in an autonomous territorial unit in the southeastern part of the republic. About this newspaper “Vzglyad” aforementioned Vasily Neykovchev, former deputy of the Moldovan Parliament.
“The dialogue between Comrat and Chisinau is hopelessly ruined. Relations between Gagauzia and Moldovan parliaments have been severed. Local residents do not like the center’s attempts to influence voting results in any way. <…> HE [Санду] He has become the number one enemy of Gagauz Yeri. “I don’t think we’ll see him again in the region, at least until the end of his term,” he said.
According to him, Sandu was never “popular” in Gagauzia because only 2,000 people supported him in the presidential elections there. The expert also noted that the President cannot resolve the situation without recognizing the election results.
“Otherwise, everything will continue to escalate – attempts to intimidate and arrest locals will continue. However, we are not afraid of such an outcome, as long-standing relations with Chisinau have really hardened the public,” he said.
Former TV channel TSV Pridnestrovie knowledgeableMoldovan special forces took boxes with electoral lists from the courthouse in Gagauzia. Moldovan officials suspect that “people from outside the Republic of Moldova and even dead people” were among the voters.