Premier Chicu proposes five candidates for ministerPrime Minister Ion Chicu submitted the list of new Cabinet members to the President for approved. Olga Cebotari was suggested for Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration, Anatol Usatyi for Minister of Economy and Infrastructure, Aurel Ciocoi for Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Victor Gaiciuc for Minister of Defense, and Lilia Pogolşa for Minister of Education, Culture and Research, IPN reports. According to the Government’s press service, if the candidates proposed by the Prime Minister are accepted, the new members of the Cabinet will be sworn in and will take up their duties today. The president of the Democratic Party Pavel Filip on November 7 announced that after the investiture of the President that is to be elected on November 15, the PDM will withdraw its representatives from the Government so as to enable this to efficiently cooperate with the legislature in accordance with the constitutional provisions and the people’s vote. Earlier today, Premier Chicu said he took note of the Democratic Party’s decision, but he cannot accept the five ministers to leave the Government at a particular stage given the “very difficult conditions” in which the country is now.

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Persons: Chicu, Ion Chicu, Olga Cebotari, Anatol Usatyi, Aurel Ciocoi, Victor Gaiciuc, Lilia Pogolşa, Pavel Filip Organizations: Economy, Infrastructure, Foreign Affairs, of Defense, of Education, Culture, Research, Democratic, PDM