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08 June, 2026 / 23:51

/ 05 December, 2024

DOC Moldovan president signs decree on dismissal of Victor Parlicov from office of energy minister

Agenția Informațională de Stat

Chisinau, 5 December /MOLDPRES/ - President Maia Sandu today signed the decree on the dismissal of Victor Parlicov from the office of energy minister. The decree enters into force on the date of its signing.

Prime Minister Dorin Recean today announced the resignations of Energy Minister Victor Parlicov, the director general of the Energocom enterprise, Victor Binzari, as well as of a member of the Council of Observers of the Moldovagaz stock company, nominated by the government, Sergiu Tofilat.

The PM said that those three decision-makers would be guilty of the fact that Moldova had not purchased natural gas last summer, when the prices were much lower than now.

„These persons either blocked or did not react at the fit moment, in order to purchase gas at the most suitable price. Instead of looking for guilty people and shift the blame from one to another, their task was to supply the country with gas at the opportune moment. Till the identification of a new minister, I will take over the portfolio. I will personally coordinate the management of this important sector of the country,’’ Dorin Recean said.

Also, the prime minister informed that he would to go to parliament, in order to ask for the establishing of the emergency state in the energy sector starting from 16 December 2024.

„We have to overcome a winter in difficult conditions, with many risks; therefore, I will ask the parliament to establish the state of emergency as of 16 December and till the overcoming of the situation of supply with gas of our citizens, including from the Transnistrian region. It is necessary that we manage eventual consequences of the crisis and the supply with electricity, especially of the citizens on right bank of Dniester. We have responsibility to be prepared for absolutely any scenario,’’ Dorin Recean noted.

PM Dorin Recean is to ask for the establishment of the state of emergency in parliament next week.

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