Moldova President Refuses To Back Down In Row Over Ministerial Picks

Moldovan President Igor Dodon on Monday again refused to endorse cabinet picks for ministers of health and agriculture after the top court suspended his powers.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th September, 2018) Moldovan President Igor Dodon on Monday again refused to endorse cabinet picks for ministers of health and agriculture after the top court suspended his powers.

This is the fourth time the Constitutional Court suspends him from office for rejecting cabinet nominations, in the standoff with his pro-western cabinet.

"The standoff continues because I won't give in to the government. Now they want to appoint the ministers ... who are absolutely clueless," Dodon told Rossiya 24 television channel.

The president earlier criticized Prime Minister Pavel Filip's choice of Silvia Radu for lacking necessary skills and suggested that the nominee to head the agriculture ministry, Nicolae Ciubuc, was corrupt.