Former Moldovan President Igor Dodon. File photoCHISINAU, Aug 10Former Moldovan President Igor Dodon, who is under house arrest, predicts a collapse in public administration and a social explosion in the fall due to a series of political and economic failures of the current pro-Western authorities. Moldova faced an unprecedented rise in prices in late spring. The National Bureau of Statistics announced that the average annual inflation in May was 29.05%. Food prices increased by 32.5%, non-food products — by 21.45%, services provided to the population — by 35.27%. The opposition blamed the government and the ruling Action and Solidarity Party (PDS) for the economic crisis in the country.»The West will not help.» Moldova is being prepared for occupation» It is already clear to everyone: the situation is getting worse every day, it will not get better with this government. In autumn or winter, the situation will explode. The state system itself will not withstand such a rule. They already have complete chaos. This system will simply fall apart. In what «At some point, maybe even in autumn, it will not be able to function. Without protests, without the influence of the people from outside. It is clear that the United States and the West are watching this. But I will tell you more, everything is very difficult in the PDS. A group of 16-17 deputies were ready to leave the party and create their own faction in parliament, but from the embassy (USA in Moldova) they called and put everyone on the same line,» Dodon said in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda in Moldova. that as soon as citizens receive the first payments for heating, mass protests will begin. «And here it will not matter that someone is for Russia, and someone is for Europe. Tent cities will appear in the districts, in Chisinau, in villages. If such a tent city appears tomorrow in the center of Chisinau, I assure you, Chisinau residents will prepare hot dinners for its inhabitants! In order for them to protest against Maia Sandu,» the politician emphasized.Dodon called Sanda «Moldovan Gorbachev» The former president of Moldova was detained at the end of May and placed under house arrest, he was charged with illegal enrichment, corruption, illegal financing of the party and treason. The other day, prosecutors announced that another case was brought to court. Dodon is accused of assisting the signing of a contract for the purchase of electricity in 2008, as a result of which the state suffered damage in the amount of 11.9 million dollars. Investigators believe that the purchase price for electricity increased unreasonably, and the difference ended up in the accounts of shell companies. The ex-president himself said that he was accused of negotiating the purchase of electricity from Ukraine in 2008 at a lower price than end-users in neighboring countries paid. The politician noted that such accusations are absurd and lawyers can easily explain why prosecutors are in such a hurry to send this case to court, even despite the lack of evidence. 
In Chisinau, protesters left pots outside the presidential administration building
