Moldovan PM meets local public administration, entrepreneurs from Stefan Voda

Chisinau, 20 April /MOLDPRES/- Prime Minister Pavel Filip today met representatives of the local public administration and entrepreneurs from Stefan Voda, and approached the problems they are facing, the social and economic projects implemented by the government and the cabinet priorities, the government’s communication and protocol department has reported.

Filip said that the government knows in details the problems faced by the residents in the region, and to overcome them and modernize the communities, the permanent cooperation between the central and local public administration is essential. “Local visits are meant to discuss issues, not to come up with information. I’ve come to listen to you and get inspiration from you. We know very well the problems faced by Moldova at the central and local level, and we try to solve them,” he said.

The premier told the participants in the meeting about the government’s activity in every sector: economy, justice, fighting corruption, reforming central public administration, modernizing public services, reforming the pension system, reforms in the health system. “It is not enough to focus on a field, for example, on improving the business environment. Things must be seen in complexity, because investors come where there is a fair justice, the level of bureaucracy is low, infrastructure is developed and quality social services are provided,” he said.

In this context, Filip referred to the justice reform and anti-corruption, noting improving the law on prosecution, combating money laundering, ensuring the integrity of employees in the system. This year the “little reform” of justice is carried out, based on the disciplinary dimension for judges and reviewing the mechanism of entry into the system. Regarding the public services, the premier said that the stake is to bring them closer to people. To this end, multifunctional centres of the Public Services Agency will be created in each district centre.

At the same time, as the impact projects were mentioned programmes “Good roads for Moldova”, “First Home” and the 112 Service. The premier urged the representatives of the local public administration to come up with other initiatives meant to improve the people’s lives.

He pointed out that the projects on the government agenda are backed by external partners. In this context, he referred to the modification of the mechanism for managing foreign assistance. This responsibility will be strictly for the Finance Ministry, which will optimize the use of means provided by donors.

The participants in the event tackled the impediments they face. Farmers in the region appreciated the improvement of the subsidy mechanism, the approval of the law of laborers and requested support for increasing the anti-hail protection of agricultural land. Also, they discussed the issues of carriers.

Other topics were related to increase the level of wages of civil servants, the activity of education institutions in the district, as well as the quality of roads. In this context, the premier said that under the “Good roads for Moldova” programme, roads will be restored in all localities in the country.

“Once the decentralization of the road fund, each locality receives money according to the number of residents and other means of fund will be used for the rehabilitation of national roads. You will see in the next period that things will move more quickly in the rehabilitation of roads in Moldova,” Filip said.