Moldovan Gov't to Resign Only if Parliament Votes No Confidence - PM

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Prime Minister Valeriu Strelet warned protesters that the resignation of the government would further complicate the situation in the country.

Tens of thousands of Moldavans rally in the capital Chisinau on September 6, 2015 to demand the resignation of President Nicolae Timofti and the election of a new head of state, according to organisers. - Sputnik International
Moldovan President Rules Out Resignation Despite Massive Protests
CHISINAU (Sputnik) — The government of Moldova is only prepared to step down if such a move is necessitated by a parliamentary vote of no confidence, Prime Minister Valeriu Streleț told protesters in Chisinau on Thursday.

"The resignation of the current government could only occur if the parliament expresses no confidence [in it]. The parliamentary majority will not support such a decision," Streleț said at the meeting with representatives of the civic platform Dignity and Truth (DA).

Since Sunday, protesters in Chisinau have been demanding the resignation of the Moldovan government and the chief prosecutor, as well as calling for early parliamentary elections and action on corruption.

The prime minister underlined that the protesters' demands must be in keeping with the Constitution. Strelet warned that were the government to resign it would further complicate the situation in the country and possibly lead to a new crisis.

At 3 p.m. local time (12:00 GTM) representatives of the protest movement were scheduled to meet Parliament Speaker Andrian Candu.

Majority of Moldovans Against Resignation of Government

The majority of Moldovan voters are not in favor of the government resigning at this moment in time, Valeriu Strelet said.

"We know that the majority of our citizens wants the government to work, not to resign," the politician said.

He added that the incumbent Moldovan government would continue its work and undertake steps to improve living standards in the country.

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Some 100,000 protesters took to the streets of Chisinau to express their opposition to the worsening economic situation and numerous corruption scandals in the country on Sunday. They set up tents on a square in front of government buildings from where political rallies were staged into the week.

The protests were sparked by a fraud scandal, uncovered early this year, in which the equivalent of 15 percent of the country’s GDP disappeared from three national banks in 2014. The incident undermined confidence in the Moldovan economy, having a negative knock-on effect on living standards in the country and led to the depreciation of the national currency, the leu.

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