Mihail Formuzal, the Gagauz Baskan (governor), made a series of proposals for constitutional change in Moldova this weekend.
The Gagauz autonomous region is located in Southern Moldova and is made up mostly of a Christianized Turkic people. Most of the population there speaks Russian, however.
The ruling Alliance for European Integration has expressed an interest in changing the Constitution and has founded a commission to investigate possibilities in this regard.
Mr. Formuzal said that he would like for Moldova to become a three-subject federation - Gagauz Yeri, Transnistria, and the rest of Moldova. He also asked that Russian be made the country's official language.
The Gagauz leader sent his proposals to interim President and Speaker Mihai Ghimpu, who rejected his proposals from the outset.
"Moldova never was, is not, nor will it ever be a federal republic," Mr. Ghimpu stressed.
The subject of federalization is very sensitive in Chisinau, where it provokes fears that it would be a first step toward Gagauz secession and that it would consolidate Transnistria's de facto independence and give it veto power over Moldova's pro-Western policies.
h/t www.protv.md
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