Dodon: “Munteanu Is a Good Professional, but Will He Avoid Dragalin’s Fate?”

PSRM leader Igor Dodon commented on the nomination of Alexandru Munteanu for the position of prime minister. The former president expressed his opinion in his traditional Friday broadcast, according to unimedia.info. “I have known Munteanu since the 2006-2009 government, and he may recall that we had the opportunity to exchange views. My opinion of Munteanu, who has not yet been officially appointed but is being talked about, is that he is a professional and a good economist. But, as I recently said to a colleague, ‘Being a good guy is not a profession’. The question is whether, under these circumstances, he will be given the opportunity to be a good prime minister. What makes a good prime minister? It means having a mandate and acting as you see fit. This position requires strong-willed people who can and will insist on their agenda. Will Munteanu be able to run the government or not? I think most likely not, if his candidacy remains, because PAS has already started to undermine him. We are not problem No. 1. We will not vote for the government because, as the opposition, we do not want to take political responsibility for the PAS and Maia Sandu government. And as advice from one economist to another: bear in mind that economics and politics are very different things. You are entering a game in which you do not know all the elements, and you will be used by those who are now reluctantly and under pressure voting for you. Even if Munteanu is an excellent professional, there are many questions. First and foremost, what will PAS do? They will not let him work as a professional. Will Munteanu succeed, or will he become another Dragalin, who may have had good intentions but ended up facing the harsh, “yellow” PAS reality?”, Dodon claimed