Those some 400,000 Moldovan citizens living in the Transnistrian area are discriminated in relation with the other citizens, find the authors of the study “Realizing the right to free movement in Moldova's eastern area,” launched on July 25 by the Promo-Lex Association, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to Ion Manole, the president of Promo-Lex – an NGO concerned with the protection of the human rights on the Nistru's left bank --, there are numerous cases recorded when people had to pay bribes or certain unofficial charges when crossing “the border” dividing Moldova. “This is suitable for many decision-makers in the area, while the constitutional authorities don't cope with their duties and are losing the little trust on behalf of the inhabitants in the area,” Ion Manole said. “They keep talking in Chisinau that the authorities would take measures concerning the enhancement of the trust between the Nistru's two banks, but as long as they don't take measures to observe the individual rights of every citizen in the area, one cannot talk about strengthening the trust of the population from the left bank,” he said. The prosecutor's office refuses to get involved when the citizens' rights are violated by the separatist regime, invoking it does not control the area, “an absurd argument,” Manole says. If the authorities fail to do their job to defend protect the citizens, then the Government, at least, should institute a chapter in the state budget to return the payments incurred by the people n bribing the Transnistrian functionaries, Ion Manole concluded. Pavel Postica, an author of the research, says, although on January 1 the migration tax in the Transnistrian area was abolished, charges twice as big were instituted for the visits exceeding 10 hours in the area. Also, the owners of cars with Moldovan number plates, residing in the localities controlled by the Tiraspol authorities cannot move free within the area. They are impelled to pay a charge of 0.18% from the car's price to be allowed in the area for 2 months. The drivers are pressed to register their cars in the area and to get the Transnistrian citizenship. At the same time, the Chisinau authorities banned the movement of the cars with Transnistrian number plates for citizens residing on the right bank. The drivers see themselves compelled to get the Transnistrian citizenship to move free with such cars. The constitutional authorities don't take sufficient measures to improve the situation and minimize the effects of the movement restrictions for the cars registered in Transnistria on the Moldovan territory, Pavel Postica underlines. The research of the Promo-Lex Association is structured in four chapters referring to the free movement of people, goods, services and capital.