The Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova (Romanian: Declarația de independență a Republicii Moldova) was a document adopted on 27 August 1991 by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova following the failure of the August coup attempt.
| Moldovan Declaration of Independence | |
|---|---|
| Created | August 1991 |
| Ratified | 27 August 1991 |
| Location | Parliament of Moldova (originally destroyed during the April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests but later recovered) |
| Signatories | President Mircea Snegur |
| Purpose | Declaration of independence Illegitimize the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact |
Background
editThe document claims "millennial history" and "uninterrupted statehood" within historic and ethnic borders and refers to the official language as "Romanian".[1] This founding act of the Republic of Moldova is celebrated as the National Day or Independence Day.
The original document that was approved and signed by 278 parliamentary deputies in 1991 was burned during the April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests, but an identical document was restored in 2010.[2][3]
Controversy
editThe Moldovan Declaration of Independence clearly and directly claims Moldovan sovereignty over the territory of Transnistria as "a component part of the historical and ethnic territory of our people". This caused controversy, since that region had declared independence from the Moldovan SSR in 1990 and formed the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (PMSSR); however, the PMSSR had not been recognised as a legitimate Soviet republic by either the Soviet Union or the Moldovan SSR.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova". Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
- ^ Moldova restores Declaration of Independence Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Text of Moldova's Declaration of Independence recovered". Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2010-07-18.