Tiraspol, 1 March. /Novosti Pridnestrovya/. The national banner of the Russian Federation will be used in the PMR along with its own flag. The corresponding bill submitted by the government has passed its first reading.
According to the bill, changes in the use of national symbols are due to the commitment of the people of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic to unification and accession to the Russian Federation in accordance with the will expressed in the referendum of 17 September 2006.
«The Pridnestrovian people firmly associate the national banner of Russia with the Russian state, with the multi-ethnic people of Russia to which Pridnestrovie's multi-ethnic people feel a sense of belonging; and this association has a strong historical basis," says the explanatory note.
It is highlighted, in the meantime, that the use of Russian national symbols will not affect the status of the Pridnestrovian banner.
The Russian banner will be hoisted on the buildings and in the premises of state authorities, as well as during official events.
«The hoisting of the national banner of the Russian Federation along with the national banner of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic on all buildings of state authorities will symbolise the reinforcement of the Pridnestrovian statehood and mark a new stage of the PMR's integration with Russia," the authors of the bill believes.
When hoisted, the national banner of the PMR shall be on the left side of a building and the Russian one on its right side.
The draft law also provides for liability for the improper use of national symbols of a foreign state as established by Pridnestrovian legislation.
