“We are going through a difficult period and it is normal for the citizens to be dissatisfied. However, a Cabinet reshuffle hasn’t been planned for now,“ Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița sated in response to requests by representatives of civil society and political forces to dismiss a number of Cabinet members. The Premier noted that she is dissatisfied with the National Bank’s work, but it is Parliament that will decide on an eventual dismissal of governor Octavian Armașu, IPN reports.
Even if representatives of parliamentary and extraparliamentary parties repeatedly asked to dismiss Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spînu for the bad contract negotiated with Gazprom, Natalia Gavrilița said the governmental team remains united in the current times of crisis.
“We are going through a difficult period. We have the gas crisis at international level. The prices grew. We see the population’s dissatisfaction and it is evident that the minister who deals with this area and the Government in general attract criticism in the period. I think we did our best to safeguard the interests of the citizens and the country. We do not have such plans (to dismiss Andrei Spînu – e.n.). I know that they discuss this a lot. Since the Government was named, I have heard about reshuffles. We are in a crisis now. When we consider the moment is opportune for reshuffles, we will inform about this,” Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița stated in the program “Thursday with Liliana Barbăroșie” on the public TV channel.
She said that the high rate of inflation is a consequence of the National Bank’s inefficient work. Even if the representatives of the IMF earlier made it clear that they do not support the dismissal of the central bank’s governor, a decision will be taken by Moldova’s Parliament following the necessary investigations.
“I consider the actions weren’t determined enough and weren’t taken on time. We therefore have such high inflation. The communication based on inflation reports could have been improved. These are very technical reports,” said the Premier, noting the expectations should be tempered and the gradual rise in prices and tarries should be avoided.
Following recommendations formulated by the Supreme Security Council, Parliament constituted a commission that will examine how the inflation was controlled and the monetary policy was implemented the past 18 months. The commission members will question officials of the state institutions responsible for the control of inflation and will present a report with conclusions and recommendations in Parliament in a month.
