If the Constitutional Court does not defend the rights of the residents of Palanca village, they would need visas to take their animals to graze, Info-Prim Neo reports. In a news conference on Friday, ombudswoman Tamara Plamadeala said he informed the Constitutional Court about the unconstitutionality of the Treaty on the Moldovan-Ukrainian State Border signed by Moldova and Ukraine and the additional protocol that allows transferring a section of 7.77 kilometers of the Odessa-Reni road, near Palanca, to Ukraine. More than 1,000 residents of Palanca village complained about the steps taken by the Ukrainian border guards, who have stepped up inspections on the Odessa-Reni road, a part of which was ceded by the Government of Moldova to Ukraine under a bilateral treaty signed in 1999 and ratified by the Parliament in 2001. This road that divides the two countries separates the residents of Palanca from 926 hectares of farmland and grazing that is their private property. The villagers sent letters to all the high-ranking officials, saying Palanca was founded during the time of Alexandru cel Bun and its name derives from the word 'fortress'. Now the residents ask that they be not enclosed in a fortress by Ukraine's borders. “The free ceding of the given section of the road and the whole treaty flagrantly violate the right to free movement of the residents of Palanca, who own land located beyond the road,” Tamara Plamadeala said. “I decided to defend the constitutional rights of these people. Unfortunately, no MP during 1999-2001 analyzed the treaty in detail so as to see that it violates the human rights and the rights of the Moldovan state as internal borders go through its territory.” The ombudswoman will be represented in court by two lawyers, Radu Busila and Ghenadie Vakulovski. According to Radu Busila, the treaty infringes a number of articles of the Constitution of Moldova (article 1,3,8,27,46). “The road section was conceded to Ukraine, but Moldova refused to set up border control points. Ukraine will close all the passages and leave only one where there will be a border crossing point,” the lawyers said. Radu Busila also said that the treaty allows Ukraine to transport radioactive and biological weapons along this road, but this is very dangerous for the environment and the residents of this village. “In fact, every resident of Palanca has the right to appeal to the ECHR to defend their rights to property,” said Genadie Vakulovski. “We want to avoid such cases as the Government of Moldova might be forced to pay damages to the given people. The situation should be remedied by the Moldovan authorities,” the lawyer said. The Constitutional Court sent back Tamara Plamadeala's application for completion. The ombudswoman said they can help the residents of Palanca, not yet solve the problem of internal borders on Moldova's territory and of ceding of 18 hectares of land to Ukraine.