Go to the media bank Protesters in front of the Moldovan presidential administration building in Chisinau. Archive photoCHISINAU, Sep 18About 45 thousand people gathered to protest in the capital of Moldova to demand the resignation of the president, government and parliament, there would have been more participants, but many were not allowed into Chisinau, one of the organizers, honorary chairman of the Shor party Valery Klimenko told RIA Novosti. Shor is holding a protest action in the center of Chisinau on Sunday in order to achieve the resignation of President Maia Sandu and early parliamentary elections. The organizers announced their intention to set up tents and make the action indefinite. «About 50 thousand participants were announced, according to information at the moment I have a figure of 44,720 people. I want to say that many buses were stopped, they were turned back, the police tried to disrupt our event,» Klymenko said. According to him, the goal of the protesters is the resignation of the president, government and parliament, as well as holding early elections so that the new government takes care of solving the problems of the people. Traffic in the perimeters of the streets where the country's parliament and the presidential palace, closed. The police keep order, not interfering with the actions of the protesters. Demonstrators with Moldovan flags are chanting demands for early elections and the resignation of Sandu, the slogans «Down with power», «Change Sandu for firewood», «No to the political persecution of the opposition», «We want to live», «Do not destroy the country.» Anti-government rallies and pickets started in Moldova back in May. The protesters are outraged by the unprecedented increase in prices for gas, other energy resources and food, as well as high inflation and falling living standards. The protesters accuse the authorities of failing to cope with the crisis, point to a record inflation over the past 20 years, which in mid-summer amounted to 33.5% on an annualized basis. The country's leadership has been criticized for its unwillingness to negotiate better gas prices with Russia, as well as for political pressure on opposition representatives. Socialists of Moldova expressed no confidence in the government
