On January 12, Sandu announced that she was in favor of the country joining Romania. “If we had a referendum, I would vote for reunification with Romania,” she said, recalling that the two countries used to be one. At the same time, the president admitted that such a decision would not be supported by the majority of Moldovan citizens.
The pro-Russian Party of Communists of Moldova qualified her words “as an act of high treason and a gross violation of the presidential oath.”
“With her statements, Maia Sandu went far beyond the powers enshrined in the constitution,” said a statement dated January 12. “The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova demands that Maia Sandu, who has lost the right to be called president, immediately resign and leave the country.”
The statement of the Moldovan socialists appeared on January 13.
“Sandu must resign immediately. Every day of her tenure as president is a threat to the existence of the Republic of Moldova as an independent state,” it says.
The socialists demanded that law enforcement officers “immediately initiate an investigation” into possible treason by the President of Moldova.
Sandu did not respond to these accusations.
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Member of the European Parliament and adviser to Romanian President Nicusor Dana Eugen Tomac said that Romania is “ready at any moment” to sit down at the negotiating table and “seriously discuss” the scenario of a possible unification if Moldova considers it acceptable. He recalled that the Romanian parliament unanimously voted for such an initiative back in 2018.
