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To: elmatador who wrote (48312)	4/7/2009 4:38:23 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 217891

Moldova’s conservative President denounces an attempted coup by young radicals Le Monde – April 7, 2009 lemonde.fr The situation remained very tense on the evening of Tuesday April 7, in Moldova, after a day of violent demonstrations against the communist victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday. In the afternoon thousands of young demonstrators stormed the President's office and Parliament in the center of Chisinau, the capital, and a woman was killed in the Parliament, according to national television. This information could not be immediately confirmed. Nicolae Dabija, a journalist for 'The Balkan Courier' who is close to the opposition, said "in these events see a preview of revolution: I was in Parliament when a group of youths raided the building, broke windows and threw furniture out the window and then set it one fire. There’s something of 1789 in these events. We’re not far from a velvet revolution." Despite the use of tear gas and water cannons by the police, violent clashes have occurred with the police, leaving dozens injured. "More than 30 injured were brought to us including police officers and young demonstrators. They suffer from trauma, there are serious injuries, " said the chief physician of the hospital emergency ward in Chisinau. Before the outbreak of violence, the outgoing Communist president, Vladimir Voronin said that Moldova would "forcefully defend the integrity of the state" against "angry drunken radicals who attempt to commit a coup d'etat." Mr. Voronin’s Communist successor should be elected by the next Parliament between April 8 and June 8. The parties of the liberal capitalist opposition, which denounced irregularities in these elections, have called for demonstrations until their demands are satisfied: they call for a vote recount and cancellation of the election if fraud is proved. "We have not had a reply from the authorities to our demands. We continue to wait and we remain in the street," said President of the Liberal Democratic Party, Vlad Filati, denying that an agreement has been reached with the government. The pro-European Moldovan Communist Party won 50% of the vote in parliamentary elections, far ahead of the Liberal Party and the Liberal Democratic Party. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) deemed the elections in line with international standards. The European Union, through its chief diplomat, Javier Solana, said he was "very concerned" the situation in Chisinau and urged "all parties to refrain from violence and provocation". A radical liberal protester holding a sign with figures dressed like conservative communist President Voronin saying, "Communism is your choice or you'll be dead" .