Cahul army death family calls for transparent investigation
The cousin of the boy shot dead at a military unit in Cahul has published an emotional video appeal, asking those who truly care about the family’s suffering to help them seek justice.
Today, foreign ministers from across Europe have gathered in Chișinău. Moldova is reporting on its chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. While officials receive delegations and speak of progress, the family of the killed 16-year-old is burying their only son and still cannot obtain the truth.
His parents have lost their youngest child. Their only child. They are the kind of people politicians mention in speeches, yet their grief appears not to have truly moved anyone.
The boy’s cousin, Silvia Ciubrei, recorded a video statement.
“In recent days, every politician who felt like it has spoken about this. But in reality, nobody is thinking about the family, about these grief-stricken parents who today buried their only son. I do not think they are following this whole theatre you are now staging online,” she said.
She is asking for one thing: a public and transparent investigation. She wants the real culprits to be named not for everything to be blamed on a boy who supposedly “handled a weapon incorrectly”.
“Let those who were responsible for supervising these young people answer. The duty officers. The commanders. The leadership both in the unit itself and in higher bodies,” Ciubrei stressed.
Relatives warn against online speculation
Ciubrei also addressed those commenting too easily on the tragedy online.
“To the ‘specialists’ in the comments, I recommend thinking about this: they also have children. Let them imagine, God forbid, that their own child ended up in such a situation. You are not looking for justice. Before writing anything, think also about the One above,” she said.
While European ministers in central Chișinău speak about democracy and reforms, the parents of the dead teenager are remembering how they lowered their son’s coffin into the ground. They are not waiting for awards. They are waiting for someone to answer for their child’s death.
The question now goes to commander-in-chief Maia Sandu, who is today standing in the front line of official receptions: does she hear what this woman is saying? Or is this, too, just “gas in the air”?
The parents cannot bring their child back. But perhaps justice, at least, could make them believe that their grief matters to someone.
