"If, from the UN rostrum, President Igor Dodon will make statements that do not reflect the position of the executive branch and the ACUM Bloc, we will clearly dissociate ourselves from these statements, including from the part regarding the withdrawal of ammunition and of the army from the Transnistrian region". The statement was made by Prime Minister Maia Sandu while answering questions, after the presentation of the report on 100 days of government activity.
According to the prime minister, Igor Dodon's decision to represent Moldova at the UN was made based on his request. She said that the government is a very busy institution and that she chose to go to Washington and Brussels to discuss concrete projects with partners.
In other news, Maia Sandu said that much resistance was encountered while the reformation process of the justice system was carried out. The system and the politicians are those who resist change. "There is a certain risk that after these bills are signed into law, the Constitutional Court will be notified. Then we will test the quality and commitment of the Constitutional Court to reform the justice system, which no one doubts that absolutely necessarily needs to be reformed", said Maia Sandu.
Asked whether Chișinău International Airport and Giurgiulești port might be transferred to the property of Russian investors, the prime minister replied that this scenario cannot be discussed as long as the concession contract of the Airport is challenged and as long as things are not clarified. Maia Sandu said that the government is open to all well meaning investors and that the government is setting up a mechanism that allows it to verify all investments made in the country's strategic assets.
Additionally, the prime minister said that she did not know what was the reason for the cessation of the criminal investigation based on the video recordings where Vladimir Plahotniuc and Igor Dodon discuss. "I do not know what was the reason and what dossier the Prosecutor's Office examined, but I will continue to insist on the fair financing of political parties, while we hope that the Prosecutor's Office will one day become completely independent", said Maia Sandu.
Maia Sandu added that the government's actions are sabotaged by many civil servants and that she was unsuccessful to involve the entire team in order to achieve more progress.
Asked about Pavel Filip’s alternative report regarding the 100-day government activity, which was issued on Monday, September 23, Maia Sandu said that "Pavel Filip bemoans the dismantling of the corruption schemes that fed all PD members and the entire PD mafia system". According to her, "if the Prosecutor's Office were to work properly, Filip and his colleagues would have to pay for those illicit privatizations, corruption schemes and abusive tenders, not complain on television."
