BUCHAREST, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Moldova's President Igor Dodon on Wednesday nominated his adviser and former finance minister Ion Chicu to the position of prime minister, according to news reports reaching here from Moldova.
The announcement was made by Dodon in a briefing after the Socialist MPs, the largest in parliament, announced that they support the proposal of the head of state to form a "technocratic" government, because they have failed the negotiations with the ACUM alliance, the formation with which the Socialists had been in governing coalition since this June.
The prime minister-designate is a "professional and a technocrat," told the briefing, adding that Chicu is not a member of any political party and will face the major challenges that exist now in the country.
"We cannot afford this political crisis to last too long," stressed the head of state, mentioning that snap elections can be avoided by creating a stable parliamentary majority or by voting for a technocratic government.
According to Dodon, following a full day of consultations with all parliamentary parties, he saw no chance of creating a new parliamentary majority between the Socialists and the ACUM alliance, as their positions were "diametrically opposed to each other."
Dodon reiterated that he wanted to avoid snap parliamentary elections, and those who triggered the political crisis should assume the consequences.
The president hoped that his nomination will be supported by the majority of MPs.
Local analysts believe that the "technocratic" government has no suspense in the parliamentary vote of confidence, as in addition to the Socialists, the second largest Democratic Party said clearly to back a professional government. The two parties hold 66 votes, more than half in the 101-seat parliament.
Chicu, a career economist of 47 years old, has 15 days to draw up the list of the cabinet and the governing program in order to present them in the parliament.
The political crisis in Chisinau was triggered on Tuesday when the coalition government of Prime Minister Maia Sandu was toppled in a motion of censure filed by the Party of Socialists, who was dissatisfied with Sandu's decision to change the rules and take on the powers to appoint the prosecutor general without consulting them.
Moldova held parliamentary elections on Feb. 24. Sandu and her coalition government with the Socialists won the approval of the parliament and took office on June 8.
