Batrincea: Durlesteanu Was Put Under Pressure, Including the Foreign One

Socialist MP Vlad Batrincea said that pressure was exerted on Mariana Durlesteanu forcing her to refuse her nomination for the post of head of government. However, the socialist declined to provide details and concrete names, agora.md reports. "Who influenced Ms. Durlesteanu 's decision to withdraw her candidacy, who contributed to this decision - all these issues will be addressed. The pressure on Ms. Durlesteanu and the nomination of Mr. Grosu, of course, do not foster the dialogue. Our sincere intentions to find solutions and come to a consensus were hit yesterday. It was a blow to political parties. And involving forces from outside Moldova in this process should be condemned," Vlad Batrincea said at a press conference. The statement was made after Mariana Durlesteanu announced that she was withdrawing her candidacy for the post of head of government. "I cannot allow my name and reputation to be exploited to settle scores between political clans," Mariana Durlesteanu posted.