Changes

==Government and Political Conditions==

==Government and Political Conditions==

{{See also|Election integrity}}

{{See also|Election integrity}}

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.

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. The arrest sparked mass protests in the street against the Sandu regime.<ref>https://en.news-front.info/2022/05/31/moldova-returned-to-the-practice-of-crime-in-power/</ref>

===Neutrality===

===Neutrality===