PSRM deputies reffered the matter to the Constitutional Court to contest the decree of the President, Nicolae Timofti on granting the Moldovan citizenship to the former Romanian President, Traian Basescu.

PSRM deputies reffered the matter to the Constitutional Court to contest the decree of the President, Nicolae Timofti on granting the Moldovan citizenship to the former Romanian President, Traian Basescu.

"Today we reffered the matter to the Constitutional Court to contest the decree of the Moldovan President of the Republic of Moldova, Nicolae Timofti on granting the Moldovan citizenship to Traian Basescu. The reasons are clear to all citizens of the country, who want to live in a sovereign and independent state, while this person has declared repeatedly that recognizes no independence and no sovereignty of the Republic of Moldova. Despite this, the Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti has granted to the former President of Romania the Moldovan citizenship "in the interests" of our country. We qualify this act as a humiliation to our state and people, so I contested that decree, demanding to recognise this act as an unconstitutional one and its abolition,"explained the deputy from the Socialist Party, Vladimir Turcan.

The PSRM deputy, Vlad Batrincea, mentioned that the initiation of proceedings before the Constitutional Court was signed by four socialist deputies, and the first signature at the end of the text belongs to the formation's president, Igor Dodon, who is the author of this abolition idea of Timofti's decree.

"Basescu declared several statements against the statehood of the Republic of Moldova. The Moldovan citizenship was granted to him in an unconstitutional way, that is why we ask to recognize the anticonstitutional characteristic of this decree. Basescu does not belong in the Republic of Moldova," he pointed out.

We are reminding that the Moldovan President, Nicolae Timofti, signed the decrees on granting our country's citizenship to the former President of Romania, Traian Basescu, and his wife, Maria. The Basescu spouses submitted the application for citizenship of Moldova on March 18, 2016.