With yellow balloons (yellow is the color of ruling party PAS, e.n.), popping them one by one, MPs of the Bloc of Communists and Socialists criticized the work of President Maia Sandu during her first year in office, saying the people’s hopes were dashed in the same way as balloons are burst. According to them, during the first year of tenure, the promises made during the election campaign weren’t fulfilled and the citizens saw only price rises, IPN reports.

BCS MP Diana Caraman told a news conference that in a year of the election of Maia Sandu as President, the press loyal to the government does nothing but disseminate praise. But the citizens form their own options and these are not at all in favor of the government.

The MP noted that during the election campaign, Maia Sandu promised to reduce the costs incurred by the Presidential Office, but these only raised. With the raises planned for the Presidential Office, the Government and Parliament, for salaries of Constitutional Court judges, the budget cannot be called “social”, as Maia Sandu and her party promised in the campaign.

Maia Sandu is also accused of not honoring the commitment to overcome the international isolation experienced by Moldova, but she boasts that she did this. “We see only visits to other countries that are paid for by the citizens, but no concrete results. Even if Moldova managed to get a grant from the European Union for alleviating the effects of the crisis, the business community was ignored,” stated Diana Caraman.

She noted that before being elected President, Maia Sandu promised to declare corruption a danger to national security. Instead, she generated a crisis in the field of law and order. The amendments made to the law on the prosecution service were harshly criticized even by the international partners.

Contacted by IPN for a comment, spokeswoman for the Presidential Office Sorina Ștefârță said the institution will not comment on the statements made by BCS MPs.