Moldovan speaker meets protesters' representatives

Chisinau, 10 September /MOLDPRES/ - Speaker Andrian Candu today met representatives of protesters from the Great National Assembly Square. No consensus has been reached. The protesters said they kept their stances and would continue to protest.

Candu was accompanied by Deputy parliament Speaker Liliana Palihovici and MP Veaceslav Untila. Candu said that the organisation of snap elections ”is dangerous and any action of this kind might lead to instability and a much deeper crisis”.

„We are interested in Moldova's development and most issues invoked at protests have been already included on the government's agenda and the dismissal of some officials is a possibility, but if this does not produce effects, it is not that important,” Candu said.

Candu informed that he would sent to IMF a request regarding on the evaluation of the situation at the National Bank on 11 September. „The Banca de Economiii (Saving Bank) has been robbed since 2000. I am the one who will demand that the banks no longer be owned by the state,” Candu added.

Protesters demanded organisation of snap elections in March 2016 and reformation of the state's institutions till then. ”We have enough time til next March to get the desired reforms and to be able to organise fair elections,” one of protesters' representative, Andrei Nastase, said.

Liliana Palihovici also provided a string of arguments against organising possible snap elections and highlighted that all social issues pointed out by protesters would be examined by MPs.

Thousands of citizens protested on the Great National Assembly Square on 6 September, discontented with the present government. They demanded, in particular, to be found the money stolen from the banking system and resignation of the Moldovan leadership.

(Reporter A. Zara, Editor M. Jantovan)