Moldovan PM says he is to think whether to still remain in office, if cabinet loses parliamentary majority

Chisinau, 19 May /MOLDPRES/ - I will think a lot whether I still remain in office of prime minister, if we do not have parliamentary majority. PM Ion Chicu made statements to this effect at a news conference today, when asked about his plans in the context of the political crisis in Moldova and a possible dismissal of the government he leads.       

„I would have been surprised, if six months before the presidential elections these phenomena present in the society now did not take place. Such phenomena always occur in Moldova. Unfortunately, the political corruption is as at home in Moldova’s parliament and I do not think that the COVID-19 virus influenced it. We had ‘wholesale’’ procurements and sales of lawmakers also in the last parliament; we have them now too and I hope much they will no longer be,’’ Ion Chicu said.      

According to the prime minister, the political struggle goes ‘’to the last cartridge’’ in Moldova. ‘’I do not know what are they fighting for. Some of them, maybe, - for money, the others – to escape from jail. Yes, the life of MPs is more complicated; they make politics, they should draw voters. Unfortunately, a destabilization is not ruled out or, if the parliamentary majority disappears, I will think a lot whether I still remain prime minister,’’ the official stressed.    

The PM also warned about the complicated situation in Moldova in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. ‘’No cabinet, even if it is in full powers, is not able to solve everything just as the citizens expect this. But if you dismiss this government and leave it without powers, it would be a catastrophe; therefore, I say that I will think whether I remain in such circumstances. As if you go to parliament without being sure that the initiatives, drafts will be backed by a parliamentary majority deals with a quite difficult situation. I do not think that we will be able to further work in such conditions,’’ Ion Chicu said.   

At the same time, the prime minister said that, as citizen of Moldova, he did not want destabilization of the situation. ‘’Yet, if it nevertheless happens, I hope that better people than we will be found, who will manage the situation in the country correctly and efficiently,’’ the prime minister added.