{"id":6412,"date":"2021-02-18T19:10:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T17:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/?p=6412"},"modified":"2021-02-18T19:10:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T17:10:20","slug":"president-sandu-withdrew-plahotniucs-highest-state-distinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/president-sandu-withdrew-plahotniucs-highest-state-distinction\/","title":{"rendered":"President Sandu Withdrew Plahotniuc&#8217;s Highest State Distinction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-advanced-gutenberg-blocks-intro\"><p class=\"wp-block-advanced-gutenberg-blocks-intro__content\">President Maia Sandu withdrew the Order of the Republic distinction from the fugitive oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc. The head of state claims that &#8220;a person who stole the country, attacked and weakened state institutions and built an authoritarian regime cannot enjoy state distinctions.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;This distinction was awarded in violation of the procedure and legal norms, namely the Regulation on how to propose for decoration with state distinctions and their handing over. The proposal for the decoration of Vladimir Plahotniuc came from the Municipal Organization of the Democratic Party, which is a violation of legal norms, as the law does not provide political parties among the subjects who can make proposals regarding the decoration with state distinctions,&#8221; commented president Maia Sandu.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2014, president Nicolae Timofti decorated Vladimir Plahotniuc with the supreme distinction of Moldova, the Order of the Republic, for contributions to the completion of the major foreign policy objective of Moldova &#8211; political association and economic integration with European Union.&#8221; In 2007, president Vladimir Voronin awarded Plahotniuc the Order of Work Glory for his contribution to the reconstruction of the Curchi Monastic Complex and his merits in preserving and propagating the historical and cultural heritage&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the presidential campaign of 2016, Maia Sandu declared that if she becomes president, she will withdraw Plahotniuc\u2019s distinction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This distinction was awarded in violation of the procedure and legal norms, namely the Regulation on how to propose for decoration with state distinctions and their handing over. 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