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Moldova’s former president Igor Dodon, was released from house arrest on Friday by a court order and vowed to launch new protests against the current president Maia Sandu ( @sandumaiamd ).
The ex-President, seen as close ally to Moscow, was accused of taking bribe of up to $1 million. "I intend to go into the different regions and villages to talk to people, just as I did before," said Dodon upon his release.
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At least 65 people were arrested during an opposition protest in Moldova’s capital of Kishinev, according to police.
"65 people, including four minors, were detained for identification. Persons who incited riots and posed a threat to public safety were identified," the Chief of the General Police Inspectorate said in a statement.
According to police, a total of 1,700 people participated in the Sunday protest in Kishinev, some of them attempting to break through the police cordon.
The Shor Party claimed that about 50,000 people turned out for the anti-government rally, and about 30,000 more protesters were unable to get to the protest as police 'prevented dozens of vans and buses from entering the capital'. #Moldova #Protest
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Moldova's opposition Sor Party staged enormous rallies in Chisinau on Sunday, with over 50,000 people attempting to reach the city's centre to demand fast legislative elections, according to Sor member Dinu Turcanu.
Since September 18, thousands of people have been protesting against the government in regular protests around the nation.
According to organizers, police tried to prevent demonstrators from reaching Chisinau's centre by cordoning off the city's central square.
Demonstrators carried Moldovan flags, funeral wreaths, and white chrysanthemums, which they presented to police officers stationed in Chisinau's centre square. #Moldova #Protest
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Protestors chant: "Let's trade President Maia Sandu @sandumaiamd for wood!" More than 90,000 people took part in a protest against Moldova's government, according to Marina Tauber, vice president of the opposition Sor Party.
At the event, Tauber stated, "Over 90,000 people came out to protest the authorities." The authorities, according to the Sor Party, are irritated by such gatherings, so they "instill fear" in Moldovans and discourage them from taking to the streets.
"The Sor Party categorically denies all accusations leveled by the interior ministry that it is plotting to destabilize the situation at today's protest against poverty and crisis caused by the Party of Action and Solidarity," said organizers in a statement.
The party urged activists to keep the peace and to be on the lookout for potential police and Moldovan government provocations. "Representatives from the authorities and law enforcement agencies are at odds with Moldovan citizens.
We're not doing anything wrong, and we don't want to fight back, but being confronted by police officers armed with guns and batons is unacceptably harsh." Tauber stated this.
The Sor Party has been holding rallies in Chisinau in collaboration with the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova since mid-September. Protesters are outraged by the government's unprecedented increase in energy and food prices, as well as high inflation and a decline in living standards. Several polls show that roughly 60% of Moldova's population doubts the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity's ability to stay in power for another three years until the next parliamentary elections.
Furthermore, roughly 70% of Moldovans are unhappy with the government's policies, and nearly 65% favor a change in government. Moldova's core inflation rate averaged 6.26 percent from 2011 to 2022, peaking at 19.50 percent last month in September 2022.
Moldova also has one of Europe's lowest GDP per capita, with 4,551.1
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Today, over 50,000 people protested in Chisinau, Moldova, against the economic crisis and rising energy prices.
Protesters also demanded the resignation of President Maia Sandu (@sandumaiamd). Inflation in Moldova has risen by 35%.