New parliamentary majority set up in Moldova

Chisinau, 16 March /MOLDPRES/ - The lawmakers of the Party of Socialists (PSRM) and Democratic Party (PDM) signed the agreement on the creation of the parliamentary majority before media representatives today. The document also sees government reshufflings. Thus, five positions of ministers in the new cabinet will belong to the Democrats.   

The new majority parliamentary platform is of social-democratic orientation, PSRM leader Zinaida Greceanii said after the document’s signing. She noted that the agreement signed today contained the provisions of the political accord signed with the ACUM Bloc in 2019. ‘’Today, we witness a historical event. Following more negotiations, we have reached a good agreement between PDM and PSRM, in order to sign a coalition agreement and set up a parliamentary majority. Several candidacies for offices of ministers will be submitted to the Moldovan president too. We think that, in the new formula, the government will be more efficient for the country. This agreement will be a good luck and will be long-lasting,’’ Greceanii said.    

The Democrats’ leader, Pavel Filip, said he was confident in the new coalition. ‘’PDM ruled to sign this agreement in this complicated moment and to participate in the governance act. We are not afraid of difficulties. I am sure that we will manage well. Together, we will cope not only with the current crisis, but also with other problems. Judge after deeds. We considered that Moldova needs the Democratic Party now,’’ Filip noted.      

Under the decision by the two parties, the following candidacies will be submitted to the head of state for approval: Cristina Lesnic for the office of deputy prime minister for reintegration, Alexandru Panzari for the position of defence minister, Igor Sarov for the post of education minister, Sergiu Railean for the office of economics minister and Oleg Tulea for the position of foreign affairs minister.