Protests against the Communist parliamentary victory turned violent as students took to the streets. According to the BBC:
Tear gas and jets of water were blasted at protesters by security forces defending the parliament building. The presidential office was also attacked.
Representatives of the opposition parties, are among the thousands of mainly young people protesting in the centre of the capital, Chisinau.
They believe the elections result was fraudulent.
The mayor of Chisinau, Dorin Chirtoaca, who is deputy head of the opposition Liberal Party, said the protests were justified "because people did not vote for the Communists in such large numbers".
Meanwhile, Romanian member of the European Parliament, Marian Jean Marinescu,
participating as observer in the Moldova elections, declared that there are strong suspicions regarding the
number of electors who participated in the scrutiny on Sunday:
"The number announced by the Central Office was 2,540,000 people, some 150,000 more than those who participated last year at the local elections. The figure is important because the scrutiny would have been annulled in case the turnout was under 50%."
More than 240 Romanians have been denied entry at the Moldovan border over the past three days. Hotnews.ro reports that all news websites in Moldova are blocked, while the Moldovan TV stations are not broadcasting any of the events in Chisinau. The revolution, however, can be followed live on the internet, as Moldova is the hottest tag on Twitter. Get twitter updates via Tweetscoop.
I have enormous respect for all the courageous Moldovan students out there right now. Viva la revolution!
