Two of the three brothers from the Republic of Moldova, who are being matched with an adoptive family from the United States, continue to be pressed by the authorities to accept to be adopted. It is about the case made public by the public association “Child Defender” last December. The association’s head Tamara Plamadeala, in a news conference at IPN, said the younger sister who was earlier against now agrees to be adopted. She considers that the girl was also subject to pressure so that she changed her decision.
Tamara Plamadeala said that the Chisinau General Child Rights Protection Division decided to change the placement form of the minors. Thus, these are to be transferred from the Boarding School No. 3 under the professional parent assistance service. According to her, the authorities want to take the children from the education institution because these are influenced by the school’s administration.
“The authorities want to place them in the professional parent assistance service. In this service, the Division’s psychologist will work with the minors so as to obtain by force a written statement from them by which these would give their consent for international adoption,” said the head of the public association “Child Defender”.
Tamara Plamadeala also said that the minors do not want to leave the Boarding School because they got used to their mates and teachers. This fact was confirmed by the school’s psychologist Ecaterina Treisteanu, who said that the minors feel comfortable from emotional viewpoint at the Boarding School. “I ask myself why the children’s placement should be changed. The minors feel very well there and the psychological climate in the class is good,” she stated.
According to the Association’s head, the younger sister of the two brothers is in the parental assistance system. The brothers see their sister two times a month and communicate with her only in the presence of the social worker or by letters. “Are these children convicts? What did they do wrong that are now in such a situation? The state becomes involved here so as not to allow them to communicate. Responsibility should be assumed for these minors,” said Tamara Plamadeala.
She added that she informed the law enforcement bodies about this case. “In this case, the Center for the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons opened an investigation, but this was sopped,” stated Plamadeala, noting that they suspect there are personal interests behind the authorities’ insistence to place the two minors into the U.S. adoptive family.
