Maia Sandu was elected president in November 2020 primarily on the strength of [[mail-in]] ballots from ex-patriots living abroad who comprise 15% of the electorate.<ref>https://theworld.org/stories/2020-11-30/how-moldovas-diaspora-helped-secure-win-nations-first-woman-president</ref> Sandu succeeded [[Igor Dodon]]. On May 24, 2022, as Sandu was being courted by NATO and [[the West]] to use Moldova as a staging area for aggression against Transnistria, Sandu had Dodon arrested.
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Maia Sandu was elected president in November 2020 primarily on the strength of [[mail-in]] ballots from ex-patriots living abroad who comprise 15% of the electorate.<ref>https://theworld.org/stories/2020-11-30/how-moldovas-diaspora-helped-secure-win-nations-first-woman-president</ref> Sandu succeeded [[Igor Dodon]]. On May 24, 2022, as Sandu was being courted by NATO and [[the West]] to use Moldova as a staging area for aggression against Transnistria, Sandu had Dodon arrested. Dodon advocated maintaining Moldova's strict constitutional provision for neutrality.