
The Moldovan ruling PAS party’s MPs did not support the opposition's initiative to hear the ANRE leadership on Thursday, but are ready to consider this issue next week.
In particular, the MPs from the Bloc of Communists and Socialists demanded to urgently hear in parliament the leadership of the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) on the issue of rising fuel prices, so that the MPs could then express their position and adopt a decision regarding the ANRE leadership. Vice Speaker of Parliament from the Bloc of Communists and Socialists (BCS), Vlad Batrincea, noted that earlier this year, the Moldovan parliament expressed a vote of no confidence against the ANRE leadership, offering it to resign, because this national regulatory body does nothing when fuel prices rise day by day. “They do not want to leave their posts and explain this by the fact that they cannot do anything to control prices. But if they cannot do anything, why do they occupy positions in ANRE? We demand to hear the directors of ANRE today,” said Vlad Batrincea. The chairman of the parliamentary commission on economy, budget and finance Dumitru Alaiba noted that the day before the profile commission heard the ANRE report, noting that the problems in the energy market are actually very big. The MPs agreed that they would hear the report in the profile commission, after which the ANRE leadership would come to parliament and talk about all aspects of its activities. Other MPs from the PAS party pointed out that now there is no legislative basis for initiating the resignation of the ANRE leadership based on an assessment of its activities, at the same time, there is a bill that will create the preconditions for ANRE's departure. In this regard, they suggested holding hearings next week, because if the parliament dismisses the ANRE leadership now, this will be appealed in court, and the court can reinstate them in office. “Hearing for the sake of hearing is meaningless. We can do this next week. Why hurry? " - said PAS MP Dan Perciun. Vice-Speaker of Parliament from PAS, Mihai Popsoi, expressed the opinion that the opposition, perhaps, in this way, really wants to keep the leadership of ANRE. // 16.09.2021 - InfoMarket.