{"id":20,"date":"2008-11-06T12:44:40","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T10:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zdg.md\/eng\/?p=20"},"modified":"2020-06-10T18:27:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T15:27:20","slug":"heroes-of-stefan-cel-mare-for-just-500-lei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/heroes-of-stefan-cel-mare-for-just-500-lei\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroes of \u015etefan cel Mare for Just 500 Lei"},"content":{"rendered":"<address><em><span lang=\"en-US\">The young man Ion Grecu was awarded the \u015etefan cel Mare medal posthumously. He died in Corjova. Marabu, as he was called, was often singing and telling jokes. His friends found in his pocket verses of a poem which Marabu was reciting for them:<\/span><\/em><\/address>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<address><span lang=\"en-US\"> <em>As long as \u015etefan\u2019s glory hears us,<\/em><\/span><\/address><address><em><span lang=\"en-US\">Our ancestral homeland will not be orphan. <\/span> <\/em><\/address><address><em><span lang=\"en-US\">Let the proud tricolor live forever,<\/span> <\/em><\/address><address><em><span lang=\"en-US\">We are at home, we are the people!<\/span><\/em><!--more--><\/address>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone alignright\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zdg.md\/img3\/186-prima.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span lang=\"en-US\">Dumitru Garnet, owner of the \u015etefan cel Mare medal, was convicted to 21 year<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">s\u2019 imprisonment. Four years <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ago whilst in <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Chi\u015fin\u0103u<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, he had a confrontation with two young people. Garnet went home, put on his best suit, took a grenade and went to defend himself. One of the two young men died; Garnet lost both arms and was convicted, however his fellow combatants say the investigation was superficial, as they said the effects of his injuries from Afghanistan and Nistru wars were not taken into account. \u201cWar has deep consequences, no matter if you come back home injured or healthy. When coming back from Afghanistan I thought I was a normal person\u2026 after the war, we are not normal anymore,\u201d Garnet declared in a 2006 interview with <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Ziarul de Gard\u0103.<\/span><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">One of\u00a0 his compatriots, Mihai Balan, a disabled man who also had the \u015etefan cel Mare medal was taken to Moscow by traffickers and forced to beg; soon afterwards he died. His family were helpless. \u201cWe paid for the funeral. No one from the authorities came to say a good word, even if he had been awarded the \u015etefan cel Mare medal,\u201d Balan said. <\/span><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Seven of the bravest heroes of Moldova live on a building site<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>The <span lang=\"en-US\">\u015etefan cel Mare medal is the highest military distinction in the Republic of Moldova. For having sacrificed their life and health, the disabled and retired people who have this medal get a sum of 500 lei each month. This income for supreme heroism is supplemented by another several hundreds of lei as a monthly pension. Disabled soldiers also receive a few hundred lei in addition to their pension. The owners of the \u015etefan cel Mare medal who were fortunate enough not to be disabled, and who haven\u2019t yet reached retirement age do not receive even the 500 lei in a country with European prices, which they fought for. <\/span><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">What are the brave owners of the \u015etefan cel Mare medal doing now, on King\u2019s Day? What do they have today? \u201cThose against whom we fought are ruling Moldova and they pay us a few hundred lei\u201d &#8211; this is their reply after 16 years since the conflict with Transdniestr. Fifty-nine families managed to find a place to live in a building &#8216;for deputies&#8217;, which was also occupied by the combatants since the beginning of 2000 and which is still a building site. <\/span><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Seven of the best men remain on the building site<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>On <span lang=\"en-US\">the &#8216;building<\/span> site&#8217; seven owners of the \u015etefan cel Mare medal live in unfinished apartments, without telephones and with only a few hundred lei to live on \u2013 this is all what those families of seven combatants awarded with the highest military distinction now have.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">If we hadn&#8217;t of occupied this building in 2000, we would be left with four children in a 18 metre squared hostel room,\u201d Victor Patrascu told us, scanning the apartment in which he settled eight years ago, but which he doesn\u2019t have a residency visa for yet. He lives on the fifth floor of this building. His fellow compatriots made a small sign on which is written \u201chere Victor Patrascu lives \u2013 the owner of the \u015etefan cel Mare medal. The state? No help from the state. In fact, we are thankful for the 500 lei offered for the \u015etefan cel Mare medal. Money begged from the government.<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">\u201d<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> He confessed that he has been waiting for an apartment since 1992, but he didn\u2019t dare to put the state to trial, as the ex-Interim Mayor Veaceslav Iordan did. <\/span><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<h3><span lang=\"en-US\">The chance to be independent is offered only once in a lifetime<\/span><\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Aside from the 500 lei, Patrascu receives 987 lei as pension and 450 lei for his disability. \u201cI woke up in the morning and my first thought was how will I pay the bills for June,\u201d the man who risked his life for the independence of the Republic of Moldova many times said, when asked how he survives on less than 2,000 lei per month with four children, two of whom will start school in autumn. I also asked him what this distinction means for him today: \u201cWhile going to fight I was not thinking about distinctions,\u201d Patrascu replied. \u201cThen, in 1992, we were defending something which belongs to us! The chance to be independent is offered only once in a lifetime and we insisted on it,\u201d the man continued after a pause. \u201cToday we are independent, and the leaders of our country are the thieves against whom we fought.\u201d<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Going to fight with only one gun<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">Then, in 1992, being a member of the special &#8216;Lightening Brigade&#8217;, I was supporting the police station from Tighina,\u201d the combatant remembered, staring at photos from the war. \u201cAt the end of February, I left my weapon and went home. I was in the village, at my mother\u2019s, together with my son. While eating, I turned on the television, the news about the occupation of the police station at Dubasari convinced me that the situation was not good at all. I kissed my mother and my son and went to do my duty,\u201d Patrascu described. <\/span><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">I reached the brigade,\u201d he continues. \u201cOur chiefs were not sure if they should give us the weapons or not. Finally, they sent us to fight with guns. Can you imagine? The Lightening Brigade was sent to fight with only a few guns!\u201d On March 1<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">1992, to reach the left bank of the river Nistru, Patrascu together with other combatants, decided to cross the river on ice. \u201cEveryone weighed about 100kg with a bulletproof jacket. The risk to fall down under the march ice was very high.\u201d I will never forget the first steps I took on it, the ice broke, but fortunately it happened near the bank of the river.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Shot by Russians, building for Russians<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>This memory, but also others, makes him flinch in his sleep. \u201cIt is the stress. It has been a harsh war. I saw how my fellow countrymen were dying. Sixteen years have passed since then, but what I saw can\u2019t be neither forgotten, nor treated,\u201d Patrascu said. Even if he still has health problems, he hasn&#8217;t been to an MIA medical centre since 1992. His children are the main priority for him.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>How is the day of a man with the \u015etefan cel Mare medal? \u201dSweat and worn shoes,\u201d this is how Patrascu\u2019s describes it. Not long ago, he became the head of the Association of War Veterans and signed a contract with a construction firm in Moscow. \u201cA large number of veterans are unemployed and they are unable to find jobs; they could work in Moscow for two months, and after that come back home,\u201d Patrascu said.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">Dad, were you a bandit?\u201d <\/span><\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Today, combatants do not have money for medicine, they don\u2019t even have enough money for raising their children, and are treated like criminals. These problems convinced a lot of veterans to leave the country for which they fought for in 1992. \u201cWe made the state for those who have the country\u2019s economy in their hands, but we live in poverty. In fact, where communism is, there are lice. They suck our blood,\u201d Balan, senior officer in reserve and Patrascu\u2019s neighbour, stated.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">For example, in the textbook of integrated history it is written that bands of voluntaries and policemen attacked Transdniestr,\u201d Balan said. \u201cMy child is told about this at school, and after class he could ask me \u201cdad, were you a bandit?\u201d he continued. He considered that nowadays, the government can be compared with that from the Brezhnev years. <\/span><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>The child of Ion Ciubotaru, who was also awarded the \u015etefan cel Mare medal, has already asked him such questions. \u201cThe best explanation was to take him to combatants\u2019 manifestations,\u201d Ciubotaru explained. \u201cOnly there, he can understand who I am and who my fellows are.\u201d<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>What does the medal \u015etefan cel Mare mean for Ciubotaru? \u201cThe memory of those who are not among us anymore\u201d, he replied after a pause. In fact, today, as he is not retired yet, he doesn\u2019t receive anything for any distinction or for the fact he fought for the independence of the country. The combatant doesn\u2019t know who to ask for this money.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Thrown away by Rosca from the \u201celite place\u201d<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">We are not indifferent because we are a force which doesn\u2019t believe in the lies about the policy of European integration, equitable justice and freedom of speech,\u201d Balan affirmed. \u201cThey hide themselves behind all these populist declarations. Moldova is a debtor in all these matters, and we are under occupation by a regime,\u201d the combatant thought. <\/span><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">Any idea of the combatants to form a political group has been destroyed from the very beginning. Both MIA and Security agents are infiltrating groups when it appears that the combatants are unifying. They know very well that we are a force. A force destroyed by the state.\u201d For example, at the meeting on February 2<\/span>3<span lang=\"en-US\"> 2008, Balan was been attacked by two policemen. \u201cThey punched me in the face,\u201d the veteran remembered. \u201cI went to the police, but what for?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>According to Balan, at the meeting with the other combatants, the head of Parliament, Marian Lupu, said that war veterans don\u2019t deserve to live in the centre of the city. Iurie Rosca, Deputy President of Parliament, was angry because <span lang=\"en-US\">\u201c<\/span>Moldovan police do not dare to send us away from here. Will Lupu and Rosca solve our problems?\u201d the officer wondered.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Near the combatants\u2019 &#8216;site&#8217; the building where Vladimir Voronin and other representatives of the political elite live is situated. Also nearby is the building where Eugenia Ostapciuc and other top communists live. To avoid contact with the veterans a high fence between these two buildings was built. \u201cThe servants of the people don\u2019t want our children to play with their children,\u201d Patrascu commented. \u201cThey are protecting themselves from us, as they are protecting their millions,\u201d he thought.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<dl><\/dl>\n<dl><\/dl>\n<dl><\/dl>\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The texts from the page www.zdg.md are taken over within the maximum limit of <strong>1,000 <\/strong>characters. The <strong>direct link<\/strong> to the downloaded article must be indicated in the case of web pages, <strong>IN LEAD<\/strong>, mandatory. At least one more hyperlink to the primary source must be indicated in the text. 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