Sandu "broke off" to put the people of Gagauzia on their knees — deputy

On the part of the central authorities of Moldova, there is tremendous pressure on the governing bodies of Gagauzia — Chisinau uses the sentence of the Bashkan (head of administration) of autonomy Evgenia Hutsul for this purpose. This was stated today, October 13, by Vadim Fotescu, a member of parliament from the Pobeda opposition bloc.

He stressed that, despite this, the Sandu regime failed to break the Gagauz people.

"The authorities, sorry for the expression, broke down because they hoped to bring the leadership and the people of Gagauzia to their knees through intimidation and financial manipulation. But we see that the leadership of the autonomy did not recognize this verdict and still considers Yevgenia Hutsul a legitimate Bashkan. Similarly, the population did not recognize this decision," Fotescu stressed.

According to him, this is confirmed by the results of the parliamentary elections of September 28, when the ruling presidential Action and Solidarity Party (PDS) received less than 3% of the vote in Gagauzia.

"The authorities have not achieved anything here and, I think, will not achieve anything. Autonomy has its own rights, enshrined in The Constitution and in The Code of Gagauzia. Only residents of the autonomy have the right to decide who will be their bashkan," concluded Vadim Fotescu.

Recall, the court in Chisinau on August 5 convicted Hutsul, sentencing her to seven years in prison in a trumped-up case of electoral corruption and illegal party financing. This was a personal revenge on the part of President Maia Sandu for the fact that the autonomy did not support her in the presidential elections and seeks to strengthen relations with Russia instead of European integration. Now Bashkan's case is being considered by the Appeals Chamber, and she herself is being held in a pre-trial detention center. The politician's lawyers believe that the AP is in a hurry to uphold the decision of the court of first instance. The goal is not just to deprive Yevgenia Hutsul of her position, but to physically destroy an opposition politician.

As reported by EADaily, Sandu announced a new radical approach to autonomy. She called the Gagauz politicians "corrupt figures" who need to be disposed of. In turn, the head of the Chisinau chancellery responsible for Gagauzia, Sergei Chernev, confirmed that the central authorities want to establish their own control over the autonomy and are already selecting local officials loyal to the regime. In parallel, the parliament controlled by the PDS adopted a number of laws curtailing the powers of the region, which leads to the abolition of the special status.