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Moldova’s would-be prime Minister wants EU to save democracy in her country

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epa07639368 The new-elected Moldovan Prime Minister Maia Sandu speaks to media after government session in Parliament building in Chisinau, Moldova, 10 June 2019. After forming the majority on 08 June, the parliament voted the Socialist Zinaida Grecianii as Speaker and Maia Sandu as Prime Minister. The Democratic Party tries to mentain her position and power in old government, and uses the Constitutional Court to block all decision of new Government. EPA-EFE/DUMITRU DORU

Moldova’s would-be prime minister has told Euronews she wants the European Union to help save democracy in her country, in the grip of a constitutional crisis as two rival governments accuse each other of usurping power.

“It’s the future of the country that is at stake. It’s the democracy of our nation. It’s the European path of the country, if you want. Because if this regime stays in power, then Moldova will be lost,” Maia Sandu said Monday in an interview on Euronews Now.

Meanwhile Democratic Party government in Moldova “simply does not want to leave power,” Foreign Minister-designate Nicu Popescu told Euronews.

His comments came amid political chaos in the country which took hold after elections in February were inconclusive and the subsequent attempts to form and install a new government, culminated in the positions of Prime Minister and Speaker of the Parliament, as well as the powers and duties of the President, being claimed by competing individuals.

Via Euronews

Topics EUMoldova