Dodon: If We Had a Plenipotentiary Government, There Would Be No Need to Introduce an Emergency

The state of emergency was introduced in Moldova to give the Emergency Situations Commission and the interim government powers to resolve the crisis. This was announced by Igor Dodon in the framework of the new release of his video blog. The PSRM chairman stressed: if Maia Sandu had not blocked the appointment of a new government, there would have been no need to declare a state of emergency in Moldova, aif.md reports. "You see the high number of deaths. Yes, the number of cases has now slightly decreased, and, most likely, as I said earlier, according to the dynamics, it will decrease even more, but by the end of April-beginning of May it will definitely increase again. You need to be prepared for this. It is necessary to make changes to the budget, redirect money to purchase vaccines, to help doctors. How can this be done if the president is blocking the appointment of the government? The government cannot do this without authority. That is why a state of emergency was declared,” he explained. Dodon also confirmed that he strongly opposes the full lockdown, which Sandu insists on. "There are and will be certain restrictions, but you cannot lock people in their homes and close businesses. This will ruin the national economy. On the other hand, during a state of emergency, the government can support people. And this must be done now," the socialist leader said.