The Party “Dignity and Truth Platform” (PPPDA) will have consultations with President Maia Sandu on December 28 to discuss the leaving of Ion Chicu and of other ministers in charge of strategic areas. The announcement was made by the party’s vice president Alexandru Slusari, IPN reports.
“After during half a year we had made enormous efforts to see this government-catastrophe removed, I do not really understand the attempts to persuade Chicu and his company to remain in their posts,” the MP posted on Facebook.
The presidential press service on December 24 informed that Maia Sandu invited the parliamentary groups to consultations starting with December 28. The same day, Maia Sandu had a meeting with acting Prime Minister Ion Chicu, who announced that he and several ministers would hold the posts on an interim basis only until December 31. According to President Sandu, the Government’s resignation was a necessary step towards the dissolution of Parliament and the calling of snap legislative elections.
Ex-President Igor Dodon, the eventual leader of the Party of Socialists, repeatedly invited the political opponents to a dialogue. In his weekly program last Friday, he said the lack of a dialogue could lead to an impasse in the country. Such a behavior would lead to the relocation of protests from the Government Building and the Parliament Building to the Presidential Palace.
After the Government’s resignation, the parliamentary platform “For Moldova” in a statement reiterated its position that the current Parliament should be dissolved and snap parliamentary elections should be called. “The parliamentary platform “For Moldova” reiterates its call to all the political forces and responsible MPs to come together for discussions and identify the best solutions so as to ensure the efficient management of the country in this difficult period and free and fair elections,” runs the statement.
The Moldovan legislation does not provide that the Prime Minister and the ministers are obliged to serve on an interim basis after the Government resigns, until a new Cabinet is formed.
