Moldova's acting president decorated Diaspora representatives

Mihai Ghimpu greeting a participant at the 4th Diaspora Congress


In Chisinau, during the 4th Moldova Diaspora Congress organized by the Moldovan authorities since independence of 1991, Mihai Ghimpu, Moldova's ad interim president, decorated representatives of the Moldovan Diaspora with orders and medals.

According to the presidential degree, the decorations were given to the representatives of the Moldovan Diaspora for their "exceptional merits in development of friendship" between the Republic of Moldova and their countries of residence, for enrichment of the national culture and for their "contribution to [Moldova's] European integration":

- Order of Honor (Ordinul de Onoare):

  • - Ala Mindicanu, President of the Moldovan Community in Quebec, Canada.

- Civic Merit Medal:

  • - Cristina Batog, President of the Casa Mare Association, New York, USA;
  • - Iurie Bojoncă, President of the Moldova-Italy Association for cooperation and integration, Venice, Italy;
  • - Vitalie Ciobanu, President of the Dacia Association. Rome, Italy;
  • - Vasile Dumbrava, Vice President of the Moldova-Institut Leipzig, Germany;
  • - Dorin Duşciac, member of the Impact Association, Saclay, France;
  • - Serafim Florea, President of Comunison RC, London, UK;
  • - Oleg Josanu, Vice President of the Moldovans Association in Italy,
  • - Priest Valeriu Jornea, Bessarabian Orthodox Church, Montreuil, France;
  • - Angela Mutruc, Member of the Society of Moldovans in Germany;
  • - Natalia Petica, Founder of the Plai Association, Torino, Italy;
  • - Mihai Stîncă, President of the Vatra National-cultural Society, Krasnoiarsk, Russia; - Violeta Slusarenco, President of the Moldova-Greece Association, Greece;
  • - Tamara Şchiopu, Executive Director of the Bo Food Group CIC, Oxford, UK.

Reportedly, this move of the Moldovan authorities is viewed as an electoral gesture to get the support of the Diaspora, which, according to electoral data, at previous 2009 parliamentary elections, voted predominantly for parties that formed the Alliance for European Integration.

Some 100 Moldovans from 31 countries came to Chisinau for the fourth Congress of the Moldovan Diaspora held on October 12-13. The participants adopted a resolution identifying concrete steps that would strengthen relationships between Moldovan migrants and their country of origin, such as: the creation of a specialized state agency on diaspora and a diaspora council with a consultative role for Moldovan government; the involvement of diaspora leaders in Moldovan official delegations; supporting the creation of Moldovan Cultural Centres in cities with large number of Moldovan migrants and promoting policies which would better involve the Moldovan diaspora in the social, economic and political affairs of their home country.

The previous Congress was held in 2008 and it has been organized by the Communist Party-backed government.
 

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