April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests
Protests against the April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election results began on 6 April 2009 in major cities of Moldova before the final official results were announced. The demonstrators claimed that the elections, which saw the governing Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) win a majority of seats, were fraudulent, and alternatively demanded a recount, a new election, or resignation of the government. Similar demonstrations took place in other major Moldovan cities, including the country's second largest, Bălți, where over 7,000 people protested.
Protests in Chișinău after the April 2009 elections
Riot in front of the Moldovan Parliament, 7 April 2009
Protesters with European union flags.
Mass street protests in Chișinău
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova is a communist party in Moldova led by Vladimir Voronin. It is the only communist party to have held a majority government in the post-Soviet states. It has been variously described as communist, Moldovenist, populist, Russophile, and pro-Soviet.
Vladimir Voronin was President of Moldova and the party's most prominent personality.