2015 Moldovan protests
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Demonstration in Chișinău, 5 April
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| Date | 27 March 2015 – 13 November 2016 (2 years, 1 week and 6 days) |
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| Location | Mainly Chișinău Diaspora: Bucharest, Paris, Vicenza |
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| Methods | Demonstration, protest march, sit-in, roadblock,picketing,flash mob | |||
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Leaders of DA Platform:
Unionists and pro-Romanian activists: George Simion, Vitalia Pavlicenco, Anatol Petrencu,Valeriu Saharneanu, Val Butnaru, Mihai Cimpoi, Ion Negrei, Petru Bogatu, Alexandru Bantoș Others:
In the spring of 2015, Moldova faced large-scale protests amid a worsening economic situation and corruption scandals. The protests gained momentum in September, when up to 100,000 people demonstrated in the largest protest since Moldova's independence from the Soviet Union in August 1991.
The protests have been organised by a grass-roots citizens' movement, Dignity and Truth (Romanian: Demnitate și Adevăr), that was established in February 2015 as a response to the disappearance of $1 billion from the Moldovan banks in 2014. Dignity and Truth is led by lawyers, journalists and other well-known figures in Moldova.
Moldova is one of Europe's poorest countries, and unification with Romania is seen as a solution to its economic, political and social crisis, but also in the context of the tensions in neighbouring Ukraine.
In Moldova, one of Europe's poorest countries, nearly 17% of the population live below the poverty line. Moreover, with an average wage of about $129 per month, Moldova reportedly has the lowest standard of living in Europe.
In 2014, $1 billion vanished from three of Moldova's leading banks. In two days loans worth $1 billion were transferred in to United Kingdom and Hong Kong-registered companies whose ultimate owners are unknown. Banks are administered by the National Bank of Moldova, so this loss was covered from state reserves. This protected depositors but created a hole in Moldovan public finances equivalent to an eighth of the country's GDP. Protesters claim this damaged their living standards.
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