The free press in an important ingredient in the development of a society, said ex-minister of education Maia Sandu, who is the leader of the political project “Action and Solidarity”. According to her, press freedom contributes to making the government more responsible towards the people, while the controlled press means manipulation of society, poor governance and weak democracy, IPN reports.

“On the Press Freedom Day, we should remind the authorities about their commitment to strengthen the independence of the media that they assumed through the Association Agreement signed with the European Union. I refer especially to the adoption of a new Broadcasting Code, which will include provisions that will eliminate the concentration of the media in the hands of one or several politicians, businessmen,” Maia Sandu wrote on a social networking site.

The politician calls on the authorities to renounce the practices of limiting access to public information and to ensure authentic transparency in their work, including trough open data. Finally, she voices hope that the media pluralism and high quality journalism will extend and will have a long life in the Republic of Moldova.