Parliament appoints new Secret Service head

Parliament fired Artur Resetnicov, head of the Security and Information Service (SIS), today.

Mr. Resetnicov was replaced with Gheorghe Mihai, who was nominated by Speaker and interim President Mihai Ghimpu. Mr. Mihai is 59 years old and has worked for the SIS since 1989. He was moved to SIS reserves in 2007.

Parliament accused Mr. Resetnicov of not respecting his professional duties and the law on the SIS's activity.

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