A number of extraparliamentary parties leveled criticism at the Gavrilița Government, seeking the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spînu or of the whole Cabinet, IPN reports.

The Party “Dignity and Truth Platform” said the contract for the supply of natural gas with Gazprom was negotiated nonprofessionally, non-transparently and with a big delay, to the detriment of the interests of consumers. In a post on Facebook, the party noted the argument that Moldova negotiated a smaller price than the market one is not plausible when the Republic of Moldova is the poorest state in Europe, while the natural gas rate rose vertiginously, by over 120%, amid social inequity, when the population and business entities of the separatist region pay a gas rate that is 11 times lower. The government should review the subsidization mechanism by considerably increasing the sums allocated to socially deprived groups for paying the bills and to also allocate subsidies for business entities.

For its part, the Liberal Party demands that the Gavrilița Government should resign as it is incompetent and only multiplied the problems exiting in the country. It noted that the current government brought and led by President Maia Sandu is unable to represent the interests of society. The leader of this government can be removed only by referendum, but this is now impossible as the President should be first suspended from office by Parliament, by the votes of 2/3 of the MPs. The procedure for dismissing the Government is much simpler as only 50 votes plus 1 vote are needed. The PL considers the measures taken by the government lead to chaos, poverty and disorder.

Ex-Premier Ion Chicu, who heads the Moldovan Development and Consolidation Party, posted on Telegram that it has been half a year of “good times” brought by “good people”. In the period, the Moldovans could see what PAS, which was brought by foreigners to serve foreigners, represents in reality. Chicu says the snap parliamentary elections by which PAS came to power are ‘a historical accident’. “The country didn’t have sufficient internal resources and immunity to resist the massive propagandistic attack that was coordinated and supported from outside,” said the former Premier, explaining how a clique of impertinent people without elementary knowledge could come to power. “The bill we pay now is the result of the activity of an incompetent, antinational government that serves foreign interests. If we do not realize this swiftly, the country will disappear.”