Huge anti-corruption demonstrations in the Moldovan capital Chisinau have entered their eighth day, with protesters calling for the government’s resignation and early elections.
About 20,000 people took to the streets Sunday to demand an investigation into why an estimated $1.5 billion vanished from three Moldovan banks, reports the BBC.
Since protests began on Sept. 6, demonstrators have camped outside the city’s central plaza demanding the resignation of the president, the general prosecutor, the national bank governor and others, according to Associated Press. They say authorities have failed to hold to account those responsible for the fraud.
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Source: Time
