Elena Vasilievna Bomeshko
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Elena Vasilievna Bomeshko is the former minister of education of Transnistria
. According to her critics, she has supported a policy discriminating against school-children using the Romanian alphabet
and supported the promotion of a separate Moldavian language written in the Cyrillic script. According to her defenders, she has merely done her job of upholding the Transnistria
n legislation. It follows that since Moldova does not recognize Transnistria, nor does it recognize the validity of Transnistria's own legislation, so in the eyes of Moldova, Bomeshko is failing to obey Moldova's laws by following Transnistria's.
In 2004, she announced the closure of some Romanian-language schools using the Latin alphabet. Amid international criticism, the decision was later reversed.
Bomeshko was replaced in 2007 as minister of education by Maria Rafailovna Pashchenko.
Transnistria
Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...
. According to her critics, she has supported a policy discriminating against school-children using the Romanian alphabet
Romanian alphabet
The Romanian alphabet is a modification of the Latin alphabet and consists of 31 letters:The letters Q , W , and Y were officially introduced in the Romanian alphabet in 1982, although they had been used earlier...
and supported the promotion of a separate Moldavian language written in the Cyrillic script. According to her defenders, she has merely done her job of upholding the Transnistria
Transnistria
Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...
n legislation. It follows that since Moldova does not recognize Transnistria, nor does it recognize the validity of Transnistria's own legislation, so in the eyes of Moldova, Bomeshko is failing to obey Moldova's laws by following Transnistria's.
In 2004, she announced the closure of some Romanian-language schools using the Latin alphabet. Amid international criticism, the decision was later reversed.
Bomeshko was replaced in 2007 as minister of education by Maria Rafailovna Pashchenko.