Paul
Goble
Staunton, March 26 –Yesterday’s
demonstrations in Belarus on the centenary of the Belarus Peoples Republic
attracted more attention, but a 7,000- person demonstration in the Moldovan
capital of Chisinau against that country’s pro-Moscow president Igor Dodon and
for the unification of Moldova and Romania may be more significant.
The meeting occurred on another
centenary, that of the unification of Bessarabia with Romania in 1918. The
organizers styled the event as “a Grand National Assembly,” and it featured sympathic
Moldovan and Romanian politicians (news.liga.net/photo/world/14919210-doloy_dodona_v_moldove_mitingovali_za_obedinenie_s_rumyniey.htm#6).
Former Romanian
President Traian Băsescu led some 2000 people from Romania to take part in the
demonstration.
Participants
signed a symbolic declaration about unity with Romania and held up both
Romanian and Moldovan flags while shouting denunciations of Moldovan President
Dodon. He took to Facebook to call on the police to prevent the escalation of
this demonstration. According to reports,
some 21 people were arrested despite the meeting being completely peaceful.
The meeting follows and builds on the
declaration of more than 130 Moldovan municipalities calling for unity with
Romania. They represent “almost 20
percent” of all municipalities in the country, according to pro-unification
leaders (charter97.org/ru/news/2018/3/25/284096/).
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