The changes to the Government are surprising, even risky perhaps. However, remarkable people have been brought into the Cabinet of Ministers. These are some of the opinions expressed on TVR Moldova’s “Punctul pe Azi” show, IPN reports.
Columnist Nicolae Negru considers that the Cabinet shakeup wasn’t quite clear. Nicolae Negru refers to the scale of these changes at a time when the Government claims 4% economic growth for last year, and expects the same rate for this year. “When a Government seemingly does a good job, but you replace so many Ministers, either something is off, or you have obscure plans,” says Nicolae Negru.
According to him, the people up for replacement have all done well within the Government, and some of the incoming replacements aren’t quite convincing in their abilities do to a better job. “For example, I am not certain that the replacing Reintegration Deputy Premier is better than the current one. I am not certain that the incoming Minister of Economics is a better economist. What we currently need is a strategist in the field of national economic growth,” the columnist says.
Political analyst Corneliu Ciurea claims that the changes to the Government are the attempt of the Democratic Party to spur the interest of the voters in a pre-election year. He says the Government needed remarkable personalities, such as Iurie Leancă and Alexandru Tănase. Meanwhile, certain Ministers had to go, aiming at a consolidation of the Democratic Party political block, in anticipation of the upcoming elections. “A seemingly justified choice – the Ministry of External Affairs needed a Minister who would focus more on the European integration issue. Mr. Galbur was an expert in bilateral affairs,” says Corneliu Ciurea.
Six members of the Cabinet of Ministers headed by Pavel Filip, five Ministers and one Deputy Prime Minister have been replaced. The positions up for replacement are Deputy Prime Minister of Reintegration, Minister of Economy and Infrastructure, Minister of Health, Labor and Social Protection, Minister of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment, Minister of External Affairs, and Minister of Justice. Furthermore, a new position of Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration has been introduced.
