Socialists seek early elections at protest

IPN.md

16 January 2016
16:10

Sympathizers and supporters of the Party of Socialists (PSRM) on January 16 mounted a large protest where they demanded that early parliamentary elections should be called. The protesters marched on the streets of Chisinau in two columns that met in the square near the Parliament Building, where they said they are against the formation of a government and want Parliament to be dissolved, IPN reports.

The leader of the PSRM Igor Dodon said the latest events seriously worry the citizens. “We must remove the oligarchs and head for early elections. Only several steps more must be taken to free Moldova from oligarchs. We are very close to the dissolution of Parliament. Moldova’s fate is decided now. We are categorically against the formation of a new government. We will not take part in the Parliament siting where they will try to vote in the Cabinet. The head of state must sign only one decree – the one by which Parliament will be dissolved,” he stated.

The head of the Socialist parliamentary group Zinaida Grecheanyi said the current legislature elected on November 30, 2014 didn’t manage to unite society and to bring prosperity. “That’s why this Parliament must leave. The politicians should come before the people and the people should decide who will govern this country. Those who are now in power aim to only enrich themselves. We must not allow this to happen,” she said.

According to Ion Ceban, chairman of the Socialist group in the Chisinau Municipal Council, the rulers are ‘like a tumor on Moldova’s body’. “An immediate ‘operation’ is needed and this is the early elections. If we do not remove them, they will destroy Moldova,” he stated.

The Socialists announced that on January 18 they will go to the Constitutional Court to demand that the President’s decree to nominate Pavel Filip for premiership should be annulled.

Supporters of “Our Party” also gathered together in front of the Parliament Building to seek early elections. The people who protested in the Great National Assembly Square of Chisinau, mobilized by the Civic Platform “Dignity and Truth” and the political project “Platform Dignity and Truth”, also demanded early elections.

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Socialists seek early elections at protest

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16 January 2016
16:10

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