A rally in support of referendums in eastern Ukraine was held in the Gagauz autonomy
Chisinau, May 20 (Navigator, Petr Alekseev) – In Ceadir-Lunga, the second largest city of the Gagauz autonomy, a rally was held in support of referendums in Donbass and Lugansk. People also paid tribute to all those killed in Ukraine and the hundreds of Turkish miners who were victims of the coal mine explosion.
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The organizers of the rally were the Council of Elders and the Arkalyk public movement.
“The situation in Moldova is becoming increasingly tense. The situation is the same in Ukraine. In addition, we wanted to express our condolences in connection with the tragedy in Turkey,” said one of the meeting participants.
“I came here to say that we support all nations holding referendums. Be it Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk, or other nations. “Many referendums are held in the West, and this is normal,” said Member of the People’s Assembly Ivan Burgudzhi.
The people gathered in the square expressed sympathy for the fraternal peoples and said that they were also concerned about the future fate of Gagauzia.
“We held a referendum, it was legal, we wanted change. The authorities of the Republic of Moldova must turn their faces to the Gagauz autonomy so that the information war against Gagauzia stops,” said public figure Mikhail Vlah.
The meeting participants lit candles in the square, thus expressing condolences for the deaths of many people in Ukraine, the website gagauzinfo.md reports.
The Gagauz are a Turkic people professing Orthodoxy. Most of its representatives live in the south of Moldova (about 150 thousand) and in adjacent regions of Ukraine. In 1994, the Moldovan parliament adopted a law on the special legal status of Gagauzia (Gagauz-Yeri), endowing the region with a compact population of Gagauz people with autonomy rights.
On February 2, 2014, a referendum was held in Gagauzia on the attitude towards the foreign policy vector of Moldova (integration into the EU or into the Customs Union), in which 98,47% of voters were in favor of joining the Customs Union. The referendum, “banned” by Chisinau, passed with a high turnout of 70,42%.
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