“The Current Government Does not Want You to Return Home”. Candu Demanded to Increase the Number of Charter Flights for Moldovan Citizens Abroad

MPs from the Pro Moldova parliamentary group require the emergency commission to organize 4 to 5 charter flights per day for Moldovan citizens who cannot return to the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. This was announced on March 31 by the head of the group, MP Andrian Candu. “I have the impression, our dear compatriots who are abroad now, that the current government does not want you to return home,” the deputy added. Candu said that the government approves only a few charters per week to return Moldovan citizens from abroad, and this is too little. “You all saw that there are only one or two such flights a week. It’s a mockery. There must be at least five to six flights a day so that all of our 10-15 thousand compatriots can return home in the next two weeks. I think President Dodon does not want you to return, he knows that you will not vote for him in the presidential election. Our country received the money that you sent, and now it does not need you,” MP said. Candu noted that the lists of all Moldovan citizens abroad who want to buy a charter ticket are compiled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MFAEI), but no one has seen them. He urged the Foreign Minister Oleg Tulea to publish lists and increase the number of flights. Otherwise, the deputy threatened the minister that the Pro Moldova group would demand his resignation. Recall, the day before, 220 Moldovan citizens were blocked at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Two charter flights, organized by Trans Eric Tur transport company were postponed for several days. The fact is that the Moldovan authorities approved flights for March 30 and 31 only on March 30, the expected departure day. Tickets for flights were sold last week, which, however, is considered common practice.