Dragoș Galbur disclosures prompt response from parliament speaker
PNM chairman Dragoș Galbur has said Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu accused him of spreading false information without identifying any specific claim that had proved untrue. In response, Galbur defended his recent investigations and promised to publish a new series of disclosures.
“Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu told journalists that I, Dragoș Galbur, am supposedly a liar and that I spread falsehoods in public. Yet he did not specify where or when I published any information that was not subsequently confirmed,” Galbur wrote on his Telegram channel.
The PNM leader claimed that every investigation and disclosure he had published over the previous month had been fully substantiated. He also linked his publications to the dismissal of several officials and the public debate over unusually high salaries received by figures associated with the governing PAS party.
“Every investigation and disclosure I published over the past month has been confirmed 100%. All those ‘cousins’, the female officials involved, lost their positions because of the information I released. People also learnt about the unimaginable salaries of the PAS grandees largely thanks to me,” he said.
Galbur says his claims have not been challenged in court
Galbur noted that no official had sent him a formal pre-action request, filed a lawsuit or published evidence disproving his reports. He questioned what exactly Igor Grosu had intended to challenge by publicly calling him dishonest.
“No one has recently sent me any preliminary demand, taken me to court or published evidence refuting the information I released. So what is this about? What is Igor Grosu suggesting?” he asked.
The politician then turned to what he described as unfulfilled promises made by the parliament speaker. He referred to an alleged pledge made in 2023 to return the former theological seminary building to the Bessarabian Metropolis, as well as promises of greater prosperity made by PAS before it came to power.
“Perhaps Grosu should explain how, in 2023, he promised the Romanian patriarch that the old theological seminary building would be returned to the Bessarabian Metropolis and failed to do so. Or perhaps he should explain how, in 2021, he promised us brighter times, while today absolute poverty exceeds 30% and the gas tariff is almost five times higher,” Galbur said.
Anticorruption proceedings cited as confirmation
Galbur also pointed to criminal proceedings reportedly opened by the National Anticorruption Center over the appointment of President Maia Sandu’s cousin, Anastasia Taburceanu, to the state-owned company MoldATSA. He published what he described as the centre’s official reply to a complaint he had submitted.
“I have just received a letter from the National Anticorruption Center in response to my complaint against Anastasia Taburceanu,” Galbur wrote.
The PNM chairman presented the proceedings as further confirmation that his allegations deserved investigation. According to the article, PAS did not publicly respond to the development.
The dispute between Dragoș Galbur and Igor Grosu now appears likely to intensify, with Galbur already announcing further material. His promised Dragoș Galbur disclosures could add new episodes to the growing confrontation between the opposition politician and the parliamentary leadership.
