The new manager of the state-owned enterprise Moldova’s Railways (CFM) Oleg Tofilat, who serves as an adviser to the Prime Minister, said that relevant changes are needed to overcome the crisis created at the enterprise. He developed the issue in the talk show “Space of Freedom” with Lilia Burakovski, IPN reports.

“The situation at the enterprise is critical. The Railways can no longer be managed as earlier. Something must be changed. The situation should have been changed long ago. It would be foolish to say that it is enough to name a good manager and everything will change. This is a mandatory condition, but it is not enough,” stated Oleg Tofilat, r.

“Moldova’s Railways should become part of an efficient economy. But the enterprise has been seriously affected during 20 years already. Until 2010, things went badly too, but were slightly better than now. New railway carriages and locomotives were absent. There was no view as to the market and to our place between competitors – trucks, fluvial transport, etc.”

Commenting on the salary arrears, Oleg Tofilat said it is possible to identify resources for remunerating all the employees of the state-owned enterprise. “The value of arrears varies from day to day. They pay something each week, but the debts rise each month. The candidate for the post of manager of CFM does not know the subtleties related to accounting. Next week we will examine this subject and will see how we can pay the salaries. We must offer the citizens a clear view for the near future. But I cannot say I will take 30 million out of my pocket. This would be a lie,” stated Oleg Tofilat.

“The next few weeks I will inform where we can take money from. We are to determine the debts of each subdivision, what incomes we have and to who and how the debts were paid and who should be paid the next.”