“The current Government should be acclaimed as it has to cope with the most serious difficulties since the declaring of the Independence of the Republic of Moldova. First of all, we have never had a state of emergency declared because of such reasons. In general, no government acted and worked in such circumstances and no government had to manage things through the agency of the Commission for Exceptional Situations during two months instead of Parliament, approving decisions that have the power of laws. That’s why no government had practically daily the fate to choose between bad scenarios and very bad scenarios,” Prime Minister Ion Chicu stated in the talk show “Black Box” on TV8 channel.
Even if the state of emergency and the COVID-19 pandemic represent a difficult period, Prime Minister Ion Chicu said he didn’t think about tendering his resignation.
“The whole period was difficult. The latest period was particularly difficult owing to the pandemic crisis and the economic crisis, but what affects us the most is uncertainty. We do not know how this virus will evolve and if there is a second wave or not. Now the forecast is that it will come and this is what representatives of the WHO tell me. The bad side is that the first wave came when we were leaving winter and entering spring and when seasonal flu and other diseases of the kind decline in number, but the second wave will come when we will be entering winter. These are the scenarios. It is hard to say how such scenarios will influence the economic and social developments and people’s patience. That’s why we are under pressure,” stated Premier Chicu.
As to the political destabilization and the defections of MPs from the ruling coalition, the official said not the Cabinet, but the country will suffer because of this.
“The political destabilization will radically and essentially affect the country. All these political moves, strengthening of footings before the presidential elections cannot influence us and distract us from our activity. Intentions to dismiss us have existed from the very first day we entered our offices, but we continued to focus on our agenda. Believe me, the agenda includes a lot of important subjects.”
As regards the leaving of MPs from the parliamentary majority, Ion Chicu said those who left tried by different methods to achieve their goals. They probably understood that the Government to which they gave a vote of confidence on November 14 last year does not solve personal problems and thus left.
“There were no cases of influence peddling, indecent proposals or cases of corruption as I would have reported them. The MPs seldom leave the government. Why do they leave? Because they know that they cannot satisfy their interests with this government, as they did earlier.”
