Filat to functionaries: I know it’s hard

“I know that often the public servants receive illegal orders, I know it’s very hard to oppose a criminal regime and risk your job when you have a family to feed,” stated Liberal-Democratic president Vlad Filat at a briefing on July 24, Info-Prim Neo reports

“I know that most of the functionaries and state agency employees are honest people, who try to do their duty. Alone, one cannot change the situation and has to tacitly accept the requirements of the system,” Filat said in an address to the employees of law-enforcing bodies, the Service of Information and Security and prosecutors.

“On July 29, the most important elections since the foundation of the independent state of Moldova will take place. We’ll choose between European future and stagnation and poverty. The Communists Party, in power for 8 years, has undermined the democratic institutions, reducing their functions to serving the regime’s interests, put the public servants and the employees of the law-enforcement bodies in the humiliating situation of acting from fear, the PLDM leader has said.

“A crucial role in normalizing the situation and enforcing legality rests with the employees of the SIS, Interior Ministry, the Economic Crimes and Corruption Combating Center, the Prosecutor’s Office, of tax-levying bodies and courts. They have the necessary potential to bring back the citizens’ trust in the law-enforcing bodies, in the judiciary and to rehabilitate Moldova’s image in the world. On July 29, we can make things right. Voting against the Voronin regime is a civic deed of everyone saying no to lawlessness, violence and hatred,” added Vlad Filat.



The Geneza Art Theater presents the show “Moon Sonata” /Geneza Art /at 06:00 PM/.

Over 50 young musicians from the Republic of Moldova and Romania are holding a classical music concert, under the baton of conductor Andrew Koehler from the USA /Epicrama Winery, Stauceni /at 07:00 PM/.

Yolka Band organizes a night of live music in gypsy jazz style at /Iusty Art Gallery /at 07:30 PM/.

The exhibition “Bessarabian Authors in the World” continues, inaugurated during the Diaspora Days 2026 /National Library of the Republic of Moldova /August 3-September 3/.

The exhibition “The Unknown Work of the Moldavian Masters” continues /Constantin Brancusi Exhibition Center/ /July 30-August 16/.

The personal exhibition Untitled by the artist Konstantin Benkovich continues, organized by the National Art Museum of Moldova, in partnership with the ALT Foundation /MNAM /July 30-August 30/.

The immersive exhibition continues, inspired by the mythology and mystical folklore of the Republic of Moldova, “The Forest”, created by Milen Chelea /Plai Gallery / July 23-August 6/.

The exhibition “Scent of Warm Bread. Bread in the Iron Age” continues /National Museum of History of Moldova /July 22 – September 4/.

The exhibition “Urban Archeology and the Hidden Memory of Chisinau” continues /National Museum of History of Moldova /July 17-November 30/.

The exhibition “The Thread of Identity! The traditional Romanian costume in book illustrations made by plastic artists from the Republic of Moldova” continues /BNRM /June 25-August 15/.

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Filat to functionaries: I know it’s hard

“I know that often the public servants receive illegal orders, I know it’s very hard to oppose a criminal regime and risk your job when you have a family to feed,” stated Liberal-Democratic president Vlad Filat at a briefing on July 24, Info-Prim Neo reports

“I know that most of the functionaries and state agency employees are honest people, who try to do their duty. Alone, one cannot change the situation and has to tacitly accept the requirements of the system,” Filat said in an address to the employees of law-enforcing bodies, the Service of Information and Security and prosecutors.

“On July 29, the most important elections since the foundation of the independent state of Moldova will take place. We’ll choose between European future and stagnation and poverty. The Communists Party, in power for 8 years, has undermined the democratic institutions, reducing their functions to serving the regime’s interests, put the public servants and the employees of the law-enforcement bodies in the humiliating situation of acting from fear, the PLDM leader has said.

“A crucial role in normalizing the situation and enforcing legality rests with the employees of the SIS, Interior Ministry, the Economic Crimes and Corruption Combating Center, the Prosecutor’s Office, of tax-levying bodies and courts. They have the necessary potential to bring back the citizens’ trust in the law-enforcing bodies, in the judiciary and to rehabilitate Moldova’s image in the world. On July 29, we can make things right. Voting against the Voronin regime is a civic deed of everyone saying no to lawlessness, violence and hatred,” added Vlad Filat.


The salary reform in the public sector needs to be reviewed before adoption in terms of its impact on the justice system, warn experts from the Institute for European Policies and Reforms. According to them, some provisions of the project developed by the Ministry of Finance could affect the financial independence of judges and prosecutors and may contradict the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court, reports IPN.

The IPRE analysis aims at the effects of the project on judges, prosecutors, the Superior Council of Magistracy, the Superior Council of Prosecutors, as well as on the staff of the courts and the Prosecutor’s Office.

Experts believe that the general objectives of the reform – simplifying the wage system, strengthening the basic salary, reducing bonuses, and increasing transparency – are justified. However, the mechanisms proposed for the justice sector require adjustments before the law is adopted.

One of the main issues identified relates to the annual adjustment of the reference value used in calculating the salaries of judges and prosecutors. According to IPRE, the project ties this adjustment to the economic situation and the possibilities of the public budget, while the Constitutional Court has ruled that this should be mandatory and should take into account at least the average annual inflation rate.

Experts criticize the introduction of different salary reference values for judges and prosecutors who have passed the external evaluation. According to the note, the difference between the values of 4,700 and 6,200 lei could generate a wage gap of almost 32% between people with the same roles and responsibilities. IPRE argues that rewarding those who have passed the external evaluation could be applied only temporarily, through a separate allowance, not through permanent differences in the basic salary.

In this context, experts recommend the establishment of a mandatory mechanism for the annual adjustment of judges’ and prosecutors’ salaries, the review of wage differences related to external evaluation, and the involvement of the SCM and CSP in the process of determining roles and salary scales within the justice system.

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1 IANUARIE, 2025
1 IANUARIE, 2025