The mayors will no longer go to treasuries to present payment statements. These could be submitted online, Minister of Finance Octavian Armas was quoted by IPN as saying in a news conference.

“The distance that the mayors had to cover to file payment statements to regional treasuries is long. To free the mayors from this burden, it was decided that the statements to treasuries will be submitted online. The given treasury will interact with the bank and the mayors will collect the cash at the branch where they are served,” stated Octavian Armasu.

The minister called on the mayors to switch overt to the electronic payment system that significantly simplifies the administrative process. In this connection, Octavian Armasu reminded that the electronic procurement process was launched, for no for low-value purchases only. The procurement of average- and high-value purchases will be tested by summer.

“We already finished the testing of electronic signing of contracts and will instruct the central and local authorities what they should do to sign contracts online. After the contract is sent in an electronic format to the treasury, it will be registered. The process will be monitored from office and all the information will reach the central database and was published for all those who supervise the public procurement process,” said the minister.