Moldovan premier-designate withdraws candidacy for PM office

17:15 | 15.01.2016 Category: Political

Chisinau, 15 January /MOLDPRES/-Prime Minister-designate Ion Paduraru during a news conference today announced that he withdrew his candidacy for the office of prime minister.

The official noted that President Nicolae Timofti had already revoked the decree appointing him as a prime minister.

“The president received a petition signed by 55 MPs this morning. A confrontation between me and the parliamentary majority would not be fair. I am currently no more a candidate for the position of prime minister,” Paduraru said.

“The candidate nominated by the parliamentary majority is a compromise, and therefore, the president is going to take a decision to this effect. It is useless for me to come up with a government programme, new list of ministers and hold negotiations with the parliamentary factions, when there is an already declared parliamentary majority,” Paduraru added.

President Nicolae Timofti on 14 January signed a decree on the designation of the presidency’s General Secretary Ion Paduraru as a candidate for the position of prime minister.

The parliamentary majority today required that the president revokes his decree on the appointment of Paduraru as a candidate for the office of prime minister, nominating acting Information Technology and Communications Minister Pavel Filip as its own candidate for the position of prime minister.

(Reporter A. Plitoc, Editor L. Alcaza)

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