Chisinau authorities want to solve peacefully the problem occurred in the case of the debt to “Termocom” JSC. The heat supplier has previously announced it will sue the City Hall in case it doesn’t pay the debt of MDL 150 mln. “We plead for cooperation”, Mayor General Dorin Chirtoaca said. Chirtoaca mentioned that the City Hall will insist that the central authorities pay part of the expenses for the compensation of the tariff for heat, as the communist faction working in the former Chisinau Municipal Council took upon itself such a political decision. According to a press release of the company, the legal action request will be filed with the court on August 3, 2007. The administration of the company, which was repeatedly accused by several municipal councillors of serving the interest of the ruling party, announced in a press release that the local authorities have the promised money, but because of the poor organisation they can not transfer the funds. This debt generates from the fact that the City Council promised at the beginning of this year that once the charges for heat are increased to MDL 540, the local administration would pay MDL 307.82, the difference between the new tariff and the tariff paid by the consumers – MDL 233. Meanwhile, MDL 40 mln was transferred from the local budget out of the total debt of MDL 190. In this way the local authorities do not execute the decision of the CMC and as a consequence are seriously endangering the activity of the company in what concerns the preparations for the heating season 2007-2008. Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca has recently stated that the Finance Department will pay MDL 50 mln from the local budget to partially cover the debt of “Termocom” and asked the Government to pay part of the debt. The Government gave no answer on this issue so far.