Alexandru Munteanu resigns as prime minister, dissolving the cabinet after a corruption scandal centered on the state air traffic control company MoldATSA.President Maia Sandu says she will consult parliamentary factions to nominate a successor while Munteanu, 62, remains interim and a parliamentary committee opens an inquiry into appointments at state enterprises.Munteanu, a former
World Bank and
Crédit Lyonnais economist appointed after the Party of Action and Solidarity's election victory, leaves at a sensitive moment as
Moldova pursues
EU accession and sits between
Ukraine and
EU and NATO member
Romania while facing pressure from
Russia.