Dozens of supporters and members of Moldova’s Party of Socialists (PSRM) protested outside the Presidency on February 22. The president of the Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), Igor Grosu, responded by expressing his satisfaction that he lives “in a state where anyone, at any time, can protest against anybody.”
At the protest, PSRM leader Igor Dodon and his supporters demanded the president’s resignation and called for snap presidential elections to coincide with the parliamentary ones.
On social media, PAS leader Igor Grosu reiterated his stance on democracy, stating:
“Even if Dodon wants to serve us on a tray to a foreign state where protests are banned and critics are imprisoned, we are happy to live in a country where anyone, at any time, can protest against anybody. It is democracy. And we will fight to ensure our country remains this way.”
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Presidency spokesman Igor Zaharov also reacted to the protest, calling it the “height of hypocrisy.”
“Igor Dodon seeks to dismantle democracy by exploiting its tools—protests,” Zaharov stated.