>>62817933>The zigger still got 45%.True, just goes to show that vote buying is a powerful incentive and a poor country like Moldova is going to have a hard time working around that. EU (and US) monies do get disseminated specifically for programs that would address such things. They should probably start begging for that now if they're not already.
>Nah, the regime will crush them with riot cops eventually.Which would fast-track a euromaidan situation, when they really don't need to.
Like, there is a way to avoid all that. It's called "ignore the little shits except for actual cases of unambiguous terrorism".
Macron did this for over half a decade with the Yellow Vests protests and did (mostly) ok for it. I have no idea what it is with mid-income countries and thinking stomping protesters is going to work long-term when you have anything less than a CCP internal security apparatus.
>The president is on borrowed time too, they remove her eventually, with semi-rigged polls or legal or parliamentary shenanigans.Obviously. Can't leave her, though removing her also kicks up the next round of riots, and unlike last time there won't be any calls for civility as an election approaches.
Toss in a few dead protesters, may a reporter or two, a politician, and away it goes.