Civil society offers the candidate for Prime Minister Ion Sturza a model of integrity statement that the future Premier and Cabinet members should sign, IPN reports.

Transparency-International Moldova director Lilia Carasciuc said the model of the statement was drawn up following the December 24 meeting of the candidate for premiership and representatives of civil society. Making reference to similar practices from other countries, Ion Sturza suggested that he and the persons who will be proposed for minister should signed an own responsibility integrity statement by which to confirm that they meet a number of criteria that make them incorruptible and that would increase the credibility of the future executive.

The model proposed by civil society says the future minister is not and was not involved in committing offenses, tax evasion, acts of corruption or corruptive behavior; was not convicted and there are no criminal cases over such deeds against him/her, sent to courts in Moldova or abroad.

The future ministers must also declare that they are not and haven’t been involved in obtaining (non)patrimonial advantages or in cases of conflicts of interest and didn’t violate the electoral legislation in the previous elections; hadn’t promoted values, positions or projects that run counter to the rule of law system; haven’t cooperated with intelligence services of Moldova or other states and do not support discriminatory, xenophobe or racist behavior.

The model of statement was worked out by representatives of Transparency International – Moldova, the Legal Resources Center of Moldova, PromoLex, the Foreign Policy Association, the Resource Center “DIALOG-Pro”, the Association of Independent Press, the Journalistic Investigations Center, REC Moldova, the Women’s Association for the Protection of Environment and Sustainable Development, etc.