The PSRM has demanded that CEC chairwoman Angelica Caraman and STRATCOM head Liliana Vițu be summoned to parliament in connection with statements by French President Macron and British Prime Minister Burnham about interference in Moldovan elections.
Speaking at a parliamentary session, MP Marcel Cenușa stated that public admissions of foreign interference in our elections are no longer “conspiracy theory,” as they tried to convince us, but the official position of Paris and London: Macron and Burnham no longer consider it necessary to hide it.
“The Socialist Party faction demands full information from the chairwoman of the Central Electoral Commission and the director of Stratcom in connection with information that has become public that representatives of France and Great Britain admitted their structures’ interference in the electoral process in the Republic of Moldova. I want to remind you that in November 2025, French President Emmanuel Macron publicly stated that France had sent a VIGINUM team — the French state unit responsible for detecting foreign digital interference — to the Republic of Moldova to ‘help protect the elections. And on September 22, 2026, at the UN General Assembly, the British Prime Minister stated that Great Britain had supported Moldova in protecting its elections ‘from Russian interference,'” Cenușa stated.
And so it is. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Burnham did not hide Britain’s interference in our internal affairs, including electoral processes:
“We have already supported Moldova in protecting its elections from Russian interference. Therefore, we are ready to share our understanding of how these actors operate and how we can respond.”
And Macron, no longer considering it necessary to keep the truth silent, stated:
“We sent Viginum teams to Moldova, where elections took place — first presidential, then parliamentary.”
According to him, the reason was “daily attacks from the Russians.”
It would seem — here they are, the documents, the admissions. But not for PAS. For this reason, the MP demanded that representatives of the Moldovan side be summoned to give explanations about what actually happened during the elections. The socialists want Angelica Caraman and Liliana Vițu to answer simple questions: who on the Moldovan side requested foreign interference, on what legal grounds did foreigners gain access to electoral data? Citizens have the right to know to whom and to what extent their data is being transferred, data that, it seems, is no secret to anyone in Europe under Sandu and PAS rule.
“This is what we want to know. Who requested this interference? On what legal basis? What exactly did the French and British structures do, to what information, data, electoral structures did they gain access, and, most importantly, what specific problems justified this external interference?” the people’s representative listed his demands.
He emphasized: if there are any problems, parliament should know about them. But PAS decided that parliament is not entitled to know and blocked the initiative. As always in our democratic country, incidentally.
Let us note: VIGINUM is not a charitable organization. It is a French state body engaged in detecting “foreign digital interference.” Its presence in Moldova means that French specialists had access to analyzing the electoral infrastructure. STRATCOM, headed by Liliana Vițu, is a direct partner of these structures. Vițu, let us recall, was appointed by Sandu’s decree in August 2026 without a competition.
And here is where the most interesting part begins. PAS, which for years has been shouting about “Russian interference” and demanding transparency from everyone and everything, suddenly refuses to summon to parliament those who can explain on what grounds foreign specialists worked in the country.
The logic is simple: if you demand transparency from others — be so kind as to answer yourself. If you call what others do interference — explain how your own differs. If VIGINUM and Britain “helped protect the elections” — show the mandate. Show what exactly they did. Show what data they received.
The opposition insists: parliament must know. Parliament is the place where such things are discussed. Not social media, not press releases, not “sources familiar with the situation.” The rostrum.
PAS, apparently, prefers these questions to remain unanswered. Summoning Caraman and Vițu means admitting that foreign interference took place. And if it did — then all the talk about “sovereignty” and “protection from external influence” sounds somewhat different.
While PAS blocks the initiative, the questions remain. Who requested it? On what grounds? What exactly did they do? And, most importantly, why should parliament not know this?
