Acting mayor of Chisinau Silvia Radu signed an order by which the municipal functionaries are banned from communicating with journalists. The information concerning the municipal administration will be transmitted exclusively through the Public Relations Division of the Chisinau City Hall, IPN reports.

Acting head of the General Public Transport and Communications Division Oleg Poiata informed about such an order after the November 27 ordinary meeting of officials of Chisinau services and divisions. “You should not be angry if I do not answer the phone. This is stipulated in an order signed by Missis Radu,” said the Division’s acting head.

Silvia Radu provided details about the signed order. “As regards communication with the press, the ordinary meetings will continue to be public, as until now. You can speak to all those who are present in the hall. If you need to communicate with someone, here it is Mister Branzaniuc (e.n. Vadim Branzaniuc, head of the Public Relations Division,” she stated.

Silvia Radu noted that the press will be able to communicate with division heads, but the head of the Public Relations Division should know about this. The order was made after an incident occurred at a kindergarten in Chisinau and the head of the Division of Education, Youth and Sport swiftly called a news conference to provide justification. “This thing seemed incorrect to me as there should be an internal rule to regulate communication with the press,” said the acting mayor.