February 10 (SeeNews) - Moldova’s prime minister Natalia Gavrilita said on Friday that she is stepping down amid lack of support for reforms.
“Despite multiple crises the country faced, our progress has been highly appreciated by the EU. Our people deserve all the EU benefits that they have been deprived of for 30 years. If the government had the same support at home as it did in the EU, we would have been able to move forward with the reforms faster,” Gavrilita told a press briefing.
Moldova is now entering a new phase in which security will be its top priority, Gavrilita added.
Gavrilita was appointed prime minister in August 2021.
Her cabinet had to deal with several crises, from energy supply shortages to constant inflationary pressures and troublesome incidents such as geopolitical threats and missiles traversing its airspace from Russia’s war on neighbouring Ukraine.