Moldova’s greatest accomplishments include the obtaining of sovereignty, switching over to the Latin script and ‘discovery’ of Moldova by the international community. In an article published by IPN, Stella Ciobanu, a Moldovan woman who settled in Germany, mentioned among the failures the rhetoric of the spiritual and moral values disseminated erroneously by the politicians, seizing of power by political clans that promote only the own interests and monopolization of the tourism industry by corrupt groups.
According to her, on the 25th anniversary of its Independence, the Republic of Moldova looks like a child who only started to walk by himself. The people of Moldova continue to go abroad to look for decent living conditions; mortality is higher than natality and the elderly can barely purchase food and milk on their pensions. Also, the families are destroyed. The young people do not have spiritual values, but only material ones. The roads are damaged, while the schools and nurseries are closed owing to the lack of working conditions. Instead, restaurants, discothèques and cafes appear one after another.
“I would like to see my country clean, literally and figuratively. I would like all those who left to return and make effort to build a safer and nice future for the next generations. We should not be afraid to go out in the street in the middle of the night. I would like to be able to lead a decent life. We should keep and pass on what our parents left to us during hundreds of years,” stated Stella Ciobanu.
She considers that Moldova’s Independence will ‘grow older’ in time. There is no absolute Independence, especially when the country is at a crossroads of geopolitical interests. However, Moldova was and will be dependent on the geopolitical and economic interests of the neighboring states and communities.
For Stella Ciobanu, Moldova’s future is only in the European Union as the country should return to its natural borders and should unite with Romania.
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the declaration of Moldova’s Independence, IPN News Agency decided to depict the portrait of the current Republic of Moldova. For the purpose, it provoked a number of people, including state officials, politicians, businessmen, civil rights activists and persons without posts and titles, but who have what to say. The generic picture is called “Thoughts about and for Moldova”. The articles have been published starting with July 18.
