Video Chisinau's mayor, after closing the ballot boxes in Moldova: “A party still divided, called to hatred”
Ion Ceban, the mayor of Chisinau Photo: Elena Covalenco / AFP / Profimedia
Ion Ceban, mayor of Chisinau and leader of the Alternative Block, accused, in a statement made at the closing of the ballot boxes at the parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova, that “the first persons in the state” had on the day of the elections “a hate speech”.
The speech of Ion Ceban after closing the ballot boxes at the Moldovan parliamentary elections had criticism of the “party” that relied on the absenteeism of the population.
“I want to thank all the citizens who mobilized and were present in the voting sections in very large numbers, who were not forecast by any opinion poll. Everyone was waiting for absenteeism, that people will stay at home. At least that was the strategy of a party who kept it, called to hatred, at least this was a strategy,” The Moldovan ruling party, without appointing it.
“With regret we have found many deviations from the national legislation and with great regret, the first people in the state continued this hate speech. Moldova needs peace, it needs peace, unity. All we have to do is put a shoulder and to solve the daily problems of the citizens,” said the mayor, the mayor of Chisinau, the mayor,
“As his great -grandfather voted on the citizen of the Republic of Moldova, so we will live in the next four years,” said Ion Ceban.
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On July 9, the Foreign Ministry of Bucharest confirmed that the mayor of Chisinau, Ion Ceban, together with two other citizens of the Republic of Moldova, received prohibition to enter Romania, the measure being valid for a period of five years, both on the territory of Romania and in the Schengen area.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the decision was taken “for reasons related to national security considerations”. The other two Moldovan citizens who have a prohibition are the journalist Natalia Morari and the former Moldovan prime minister Vasile Tarlev.
Subsequently, the head of the Romanian MAE, Oana Țoiu, said that the decision to prohibit the mayor of Chisinau in Romania was taken in the context in which the Romanian authorities have been documenting its “complicated links” with representatives of Russia for some time. Ceban rejected the accusations, requesting evidence, and qualified the decision as a political ration.
Ion Ceban leads the national alternative movement, a member formation of the alternative block.
