Alexandru Vakulovski is one of the most successful and daring contemporary writers from Romania. Even if he is writing and publishing mainly in Romanian, he studied, worked and lived there for more than 10 years, he is kicked out of the country for not being a citizen. He was waiting for his papers for last 4 years: the answer came, he had to leave the country and get back to Moldova in 2 weeks. Now he is already there and he is forbidden to enter Romania for the next 2 and a half years.
At the same time, some football player born in Germany with no connection to Romania except for the fact that his parents have Romanian origin receives his citizenship papers in 2 days. but the national football team needs him.
Sandu Vakulovski is my friend and I worked with him for two performances in Cluj. I know how hard it was for him to live in Romania as a Moldavian, being constantly harassed by authorities, being restricted to get out of the country because he was not sure that he can ever return. I feel guilty and ashamed that he had to go through all this and no one did anything to actually help him. I didn't do anyhting. Now we are all shocked and in a few days we will forget about it.
Sandu taking me a photo, he is already on the other side of the mirrorIt really makes me angry and unproud of having a Romanian passport. Have to find a way to get rid of my citizenship: if I can't give it to Sandu, it doesn't worth shit for me now.
