\n\tAs Moldova celebrated its Independence Day on August 27, groups of people protested in central Chisinau against the current government and against what they considered to be unnecessarily lavish festivities.<\/p>\n
\tAt several sites around the Assembly Square, which hosted the celebrations, the protesters unsuccessfully tried to break through the police cordon in an apparent attempt to reach the government officials gathered for the inaugurating ceremony and the military parade.<\/p>\n
\tThe protesters chanted \u201cWhere is the billion?\u201d, \u201cWe want our country back\u201d, \u201cThieves belong in jail\u201d, and \u201cDown with the mobsters\u201d, among other.<\/p>\n
\tThe protesting groups included followers of a campaign initiated on the social networks and called \u201cNu M\u0103 Tem\u201d (I am not afraid). Political leaders were spotted among them, including Balti Mayor Renato Usatii and Socialist Igor Dodon.<\/p>\n
As Moldova celebrated its Independence Day on August 27, groups of people protested in central Chisinau against the current government and against what they considered to be unnecessarily lavish festivities.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":666302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society"],"yoast_head":"\n