The money collected at the farewell ceremony for Ilie Ilascu, organized at the National Palace on November 20, was donated to a church in Chisinau, reports IPN.
The Minister of Culture, Cristian Jardan, specifies that, besides flowers, those who came to pay him tribute left, without being asked, various sums of money. At the end of the ceremony, 3,440 lei and 50 euros were collected.
“We have contacted the family of Ilie Ilascu, who asked us to donate this money to the “St. Peter and Paul” Church in the capital, where Ilie Ilascu is a founder. We have transferred the entire amount to the parish priest Petru Buburuz for the eternal remembrance of the hero Ilie Ilascu,” the minister wrote on Facebook.
The former political prisoner, ex-deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, and former senator in the Parliament of Romania, Ilie Ilascu, was buried on Thursday, November 20, at the Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest, with military honors.
In the Republic of Moldova, a day of mourning was declared, and all those who wished could pay their respects at a farewell ceremony organized at the Palace of the Republic.