A group of citizens from the diaspora, active members of the “Adopt a Vote” group, have sent several dozen messages to the government, expressing their dissatisfaction with the status quo in their homeland. Furthermore, they stress the failure to respect the rights of diaspora citizens, especially the right to vote. The messages were presented during a protest organized ahead of the Diaspora Congress, which takes place in Chișinău today, IPN reports.
In their messages, the diaspora citizens write about the ever increasing number of Moldovans who emigrate due to meager salaries and lack of jobs in Moldova. Additionally, they write that the economic growth presented by the government is not real, and that corruption isn’t a diminishing phenomenon.
“Nothing hits harder than life. Your are power-thirsty now, you want an image, money, but you will take none of it with you. You will go down in history as «the mafia that destroyed the country»” – is the message Tatiana, a Moldovan resident of Brussels, has sent to Moldova’s politicians.
Tatiana Nogailâc, from Rome, has written that for 17 years she has been sending parcels to relatives, but also to people she has never seen: children in orphanages, residents of elderly homes, inmates, kindergartens, social kitchens. Now she has a message to the government. She tells them they are doing a bad job, and that their people are starving to death.
Elena Dragalin, one of the protesters, US resident for over 20 years, said that most of the messages written by our fellow citizens from the diaspora are filled with their unfriendly attitude towards the government at home. “There are many messages from different countries, and they all speak of our rights that have been violated. Our right to vote was limited – our main right for creating conditions to return home, to build a life here,” said Elena Dragalin.
Natalia Mocanu has been living in Rome for several years, and says that she has come home for the Diaspora Days to tell the political class that she regrets their indifference towards the diaspora. “It is a pity that the diaspora is as segregated as Moldova. I would like to tell the leaders that I hope God will have them taste our bread, and to have them emigrate, work, earn their own bread; maybe then they will understand how hard it is for us. We will return. We will not allow for dictatorships in our country,” said Natalia Mocanu.
The “Adopt a Vote” group was created on Facebook during the Presidential elections in November 2016, as a means to mobilize Moldovans living abroad to cast their votes. The leader of the group is a Moldovan citizen residing in the UK.
