"The resignation of the current government could only occur if the parliament expresses no confidence [in it]. The parliamentary majority will not support such a decision," Streleț said at the meeting with representatives of the civic platform Dignity and Truth (DA).
Since Sunday, protesters in Chisinau have been demanding the resignation of the Moldovan government and the chief prosecutor, as well as calling for early parliamentary elections and action on corruption.
The prime minister underlined that the protesters' demands must be in keeping with the Constitution. Strelet warned that were the government to resign it would further complicate the situation in the country and possibly lead to a new crisis.
At 3 p.m. local time (12:00 GTM) representatives of the protest movement were scheduled to meet Parliament Speaker Andrian Candu.
Majority of Moldovans Against Resignation of Government
The majority of Moldovan voters are not in favor of the government resigning at this moment in time, Valeriu Strelet said.
"We know that the majority of our citizens wants the government to work, not to resign," the politician said.
He added that the incumbent Moldovan government would continue its work and undertake steps to improve living standards in the country.
The protests were sparked by a fraud scandal, uncovered early this year, in which the equivalent of 15 percent of the country’s GDP disappeared from three national banks in 2014. The incident undermined confidence in the Moldovan economy, having a negative knock-on effect on living standards in the country and led to the depreciation of the national currency, the leu.
