On the 27th anniversary of the declaration of Moldova’s Independence, IPN News Agency set the goal of presenting the thoughts of those who chose to leave the country temporarily or for good in search for a better future.
Alexandru Cazacu, 36, is in charge of commercial issues at an international company. He merchandises silver and gold processing lines. He has lived in Italy since 2009 and got a master’s degree in International Business Studies there. Since then he has dealt with the sale of products intended for export. He heads the Association “Dor” (“Longing”). He writes verses and thoughts and follows attentively the developments in the mother country.
Alexandru Cazacu said he is in Italy because this country needs him and because he feels respected there and enjoys the living conditions he deserves there. According to him, the Moldovans could learn how to love themselves and to sell their image in the world from the Italians. The Italians could learn from the Moldovans
how to survive with €200-300 a month, how to drive at high speed through potholes and how to continue to make the same mistakes. The Republic of Moldova looks much nicer from outside than from inside because when one is far away they long to see the homeland, but the reality wakes them up quickly when they return.
“When I speak to foreign citizens, I tell them about the Republic of Moldova as about one of the nicest countries in the world. I tell them about the wines, the cellars that are hundreds of kilometers long, the kindhearted and patient people, the most beautiful and hardworking women in the world and also about corrupt politicians and the stolen US$ 1 billion. Jokingly or not, but the discussions about the wine, women and corrupt politicians are universal. If you want to make friends abroad, start from these.”
Alexandru Cazacu said that a very difficult thing should happen for him to return home – Moldova’s economy should outstrip Italy’s economy. The country should give a sign that it wants those who left to return. “Love should be mutual. We have cried that we love our country for many years. Why shouldn’t the country tell us that it loves us too at least once? An MP could at least one time come out and shout from the rostrum: Dear people from the diaspora, our dear orphans who lack the homeland, we love you and miss you and we want you to return home! Come home so that we together jail the thieves and take the country out of mud together! I’m sure that love and sincerely can persuade anyone,” he stated.
When he is far from Moldova, Alexandru Cazacu misses his mother’s eyes and his father’s voice. “I miss my childhood. As long as my mother lives, I can still dare to feel a child. I return home to return to childhood. I go through the same forest and sing, but now I’m a father and the child from near me is my daughter,” he said.
Elena Nistor, IPN
Repeat of August 20
