DISINFO: Maia Sandu organises protests aiming to protect the interests of the US Embassy in Chisinau
SUMMARY
Maia Sandu leads people to protests in the midst of a pandemic to protect the interests of the US Embassy in Chisinau.
RESPONSE
This claim is in line with the pro-Kremlin narrative about opposition leaders in Moldova, especially Maia Sandu, who is often presented as being under foreign control.
The message refers to the December 6 protest organised by the president-elect of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, calling for the resignation of the Socialist Government, the organisation of early parliamentary elections and the cancellation of laws adopted by the Parliament in the previous days, considered harmful to the state, as is noted in protest’s resolution. No mention about the US or other states.
Some of the recently adopted laws, limit Presidential powers, which came two weeks after Maia Sandu has been elected as President. According to an EU statement issued on 04 December:
"The voting took place in a way that fails to respect the necessary parliamentary procedures. Furthermore, it has been supported by people identified as having been involved in corruption and in the 2014 banking fraud. This also carries the risk that the legislation might serve vested interests."
Read a similar case about Maia Sandu as a ”foreign agent” here, and an analysis of the pro-Kremlin and anti-Maia Sandu narratives here.