Maia Sandu Sworn in as Moldovan President

President Maia Sandu. Dec. 24, 2024. X/ @ensembleXxxx

December 24, 2024 Hour: 9:22 am

She outlined her policy priorities as European integration, national security, and economic growth.

On Tuesday, Maia Sandu assumed office as president of the Republic of Moldova for a second term. The inauguration ceremony was held at the Palace of the Republic in Chisinau.

After the validation of her re-election by the Constitutional Court, Sandu took the oath of office with her hand on the Constitution, vowing to uphold democracy, sovereignty, and the rights of citizens.

She also expressed her gratitude to Moldovans for their resilience and unity, saying, “Moldova is not just a small country with a big heart but also an inspiration to others in uncertain times.”

Sandu outlined her policy priorities as European integration, national security, and economic growth, calling for active involvement from all citizens to achieve these goals. She won the Moldovan presidential elections in 2020 and was re-elected in a runoff in November.

L'arrivée de Maia Sandu à l'investiture attire sept partisans

Le président moldave pro-UE a prêté serment mardi et a promis des élections législatives anticipées comme « seul moyen d'assainir le Parlement et de rétablir la justice dans notre pays ».

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— ДАНИЭЛЬ КАЛОМБО (@Danielkalombo) December 24, 2024

The text reads: “Maia Sandu’s arrival at the inauguration draws seven supporters. On Tuesday, the pro-EU Moldovan president took the oath of office and promised early parliamentary elections as ‘the only way to clean up parliament and restore justice in our country’. The ‘people’s president’.”

Previously, on Monday, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) accused Sandu of preparing a plan to militarily regain control over Transnistria.

She recently held a meeting with senior government officials on energy security, which concluded with her remarks about the “need to draft a plan for an operation to take control of Transnistria and put an end to the Russian peacekeeping presence in the region.”

Sandu called for the development of a plan to forcibly seize Transnistria’s thermal power plant, which operates on Russian gas and is nearly entirely relied upon by Moldova, a country situated between Ukraine and Romania. Moldovan authorities, however, denied the existence of any plans to militarily control the separatist region of Transnistria.