Moldova's president on Thursday sacked Energy Minister Victor Parlicov and the prime minister called for two other senior energy officials to resign for failing to tackle an energy crisis in the small former Soviet republic, APA reports citing Reuters.
Prime Minister Dorin Recean also said he would ask parliament to impose a state of emergency in the energy sector.
"The resignations are the first stage of correcting the crisis situation. I had full confidence in Minister Parlicov. But he did not ensure the purchase of gas," Recean said at a press conference. The presidential decree sacking Parlicov followed.