Moldova’s parliament on Thursday dismissed the country’s government, part of the fallout from a banking scandal that saw nearly $1 billion vanish from Europe’s poorest country and that set off long-running street protests in the capital.
The no-confidence vote was backed by 65 out of 101 MPs, and removes Prime Minister Valeriu Streleţ after just three months in office. It is seen as a victory for pro-Russian forces in the deeply divided country.
Moldova’s former prime minister, Vlad Filat, was arrested October 15 in connection with the fraud case, which saw the equivalent of a fifth of the country’s GDP disappear from …read more
Source: European Voice
