Moldova’s PM-designate seeks confidence vote from lawmakers

Moldova’s pro-Western Prime Minister-designate Dorin Recean will propose a new government to lawmakers on Thursday for a confidence vote, as the small country signals a shift to security concerns amid Russia’s ongoing war in neighboring Ukraine.
Recean, a 48-year-old economist who served for a year as President Maia Sandu’s defense and security adviser, was appointed by her last week after Natalia Gavrilita suddenly quit the premiership.
Moldova’s ruling Party of Action and Solidarity, or PAS, holds a majority in the country’s 101-seat legislature and is widely expected to support Recean’s proposal.
Recean, who also served as interior minister between 2012 and 2015, will propose a cabinet to lawmakers that will remain largely the same. Key ministers such as foreign affairs, interior, and defense will remain, while changes will be made to energy and infrastructure, justice and finance.