02:12Chisinau residents once again gathered for a protest in front of the parliament building in Chisinau on Thursday in response to Monday's dispersal of a tent city by law enforcement officials.
Footage shows protesters banging pots with spoons, as well as holding placards and chanting anti-government slogans.
Deputy Marina Tauber's advisor Yuriy Kuznetsov addressed the protesters. Behind the politician, models of Maya Sandu, Igor Grosu and Natalia Gavrilitsa dressed in special forces uniforms were placed.
The press service of the opposition Shor party said that with this action the protesters wanted to show that 'the current authorities, instead of protecting citizens, use force to restrict their rights'.
"I am a pensioner. Where can I get so much money to pay for gas, light, utilities, coal, firewood?" - said the protester.
A resident of Chisinau reported that 'the people are on their own, the authorities are on their own'.
"The government and the people are different. And we have what they say, here she does not go out and talk to people. The people are a grey mass to them," the woman noted.
There was no official information about detentions on the day of the rally.
During the protest on Sunday, 9 October, which, according to the opposition party Shor, was attended by about 60,000 people (Moldovan police reported five thousand), the protesters decided to expand the tent camp that had been set up earlier.
On 26 September, Moldovan President Maia Sandu called on law-enforcement agencies to "promptly identify the sources of illegal financing of those who pay for participation in protests and severely punish any attempts at aggression, provocation or destabilisation".
On Monday, the protesters were dispersed by law enforcement forces.
On Tuesday, Sandu asked the Cabinet of Ministers to extend police powers to allow them to disperse protests with no coordination by local authorities.
According to media reports quoting the country's government press office, rallies with road closures or access to public buildings are now banned on weekdays, and on weekends rallies can be held for no longer than four hours. Protests in the centre of Chisinau have been ongoing since 18 September.
Mass anti-government rallies began in Moldova in May over soaring energy and food prices, falling living standards and a record 33.5 per cent inflation rate.
According to the protesters, the current government is unable to cope with the existing crisis in the country.
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Chisinau residents once again gathered for a protest in front of the parliament building in Chisinau on Thursday in response to Monday's dispersal of a tent city by law enforcement officials.
Footage shows protesters banging pots with spoons, as well as holding placards and chanting anti-government slogans.
Deputy Marina Tauber's advisor Yuriy Kuznetsov addressed the protesters. Behind the politician, models of Maya Sandu, Igor Grosu and Natalia Gavrilitsa dressed in special forces uniforms were placed.
The press service of the opposition Shor party said that with this action the protesters wanted to show that 'the current authorities, instead of protecting citizens, use force to restrict their rights'.
"I am a pensioner. Where can I get so much money to pay for gas, light, utilities, coal, firewood?" - said the protester.
A resident of Chisinau reported that 'the people are on their own, the authorities are on their own'.
"The government and the people are different. And we have what they say, here she does not go out and talk to people. The people are a grey mass to them," the woman noted.
There was no official information about detentions on the day of the rally.
During the protest on Sunday, 9 October, which, according to the opposition party Shor, was attended by about 60,000 people (Moldovan police reported five thousand), the protesters decided to expand the tent camp that had been set up earlier.
On 26 September, Moldovan President Maia Sandu called on law-enforcement agencies to "promptly identify the sources of illegal financing of those who pay for participation in protests and severely punish any attempts at aggression, provocation or destabilisation".
On Monday, the protesters were dispersed by law enforcement forces.
On Tuesday, Sandu asked the Cabinet of Ministers to extend police powers to allow them to disperse protests with no coordination by local authorities.
According to media reports quoting the country's government press office, rallies with road closures or access to public buildings are now banned on weekdays, and on weekends rallies can be held for no longer than four hours. Protests in the centre of Chisinau have been ongoing since 18 September.
Mass anti-government rallies began in Moldova in May over soaring energy and food prices, falling living standards and a record 33.5 per cent inflation rate.
According to the protesters, the current government is unable to cope with the existing crisis in the country.
Chisinau residents once again gathered for a protest in front of the parliament building in Chisinau on Thursday in response to Monday's dispersal of a tent city by law enforcement officials.
Footage shows protesters banging pots with spoons, as well as holding placards and chanting anti-government slogans.
Deputy Marina Tauber's advisor Yuriy Kuznetsov addressed the protesters. Behind the politician, models of Maya Sandu, Igor Grosu and Natalia Gavrilitsa dressed in special forces uniforms were placed.
The press service of the opposition Shor party said that with this action the protesters wanted to show that 'the current authorities, instead of protecting citizens, use force to restrict their rights'.
"I am a pensioner. Where can I get so much money to pay for gas, light, utilities, coal, firewood?" - said the protester.
A resident of Chisinau reported that 'the people are on their own, the authorities are on their own'.
"The government and the people are different. And we have what they say, here she does not go out and talk to people. The people are a grey mass to them," the woman noted.
There was no official information about detentions on the day of the rally.
During the protest on Sunday, 9 October, which, according to the opposition party Shor, was attended by about 60,000 people (Moldovan police reported five thousand), the protesters decided to expand the tent camp that had been set up earlier.
On 26 September, Moldovan President Maia Sandu called on law-enforcement agencies to "promptly identify the sources of illegal financing of those who pay for participation in protests and severely punish any attempts at aggression, provocation or destabilisation".
On Monday, the protesters were dispersed by law enforcement forces.
On Tuesday, Sandu asked the Cabinet of Ministers to extend police powers to allow them to disperse protests with no coordination by local authorities.
According to media reports quoting the country's government press office, rallies with road closures or access to public buildings are now banned on weekdays, and on weekends rallies can be held for no longer than four hours. Protests in the centre of Chisinau have been ongoing since 18 September.
Mass anti-government rallies began in Moldova in May over soaring energy and food prices, falling living standards and a record 33.5 per cent inflation rate.
According to the protesters, the current government is unable to cope with the existing crisis in the country.