The Chisinau Municipal Council (CMC) has a new faction, of the Liberal Reforming Party (PLR). The faction includes councilors Vasile Grama, Veaceslav Bulat, who is the group’s head, Igor Calin and Teodor Carnat.

In a news conference at IPN, Veaceslav Bulat said that he left the Liberal Party on January 20 and joined the PLR. The faction of the PLR will soon present its work plan centering on seven top areas. They include the economic development of Chisinau municipality, social and city infrastructure and the municipal property.

“We will be a constructive faction. We do not come to the CMC to seek possessions. We do not have businesses that we must protect. We want to bring value added to the adopted projects. The expertise element was often missing in the work of the CMC. We will provide it,” stated Veaceslav Bulat.

Vasile Grama said the faction of the PLR reiterates its call to the 26 municipal councilors who represent the Liberal-Democratic forces to institutionalize the democratic alliance within the CMC. The alliance would be based on constructive cooperation and legal activity for the benefit of the residents of Chisinau.

“We witness the continuous degradation of the work of the Chisinau City Hall and of the subdivisions of the CMC. The municipal property is managed ineffectively and defectively. The municipal enterprises work inefficiently, while the staff policy is based on the clientele principle, not on merits,” stated Vasile Grama.

Teodor Carnat said it’s time for Mayor General Dorin Chirtoaca to realize that candidates should be put forward for the posts of deputy mayor. What they do now is illegal. The appointments must be transparent so that society knows who manages the municipality of Chisinau.

Teodor Carnat stated that within 30 days he will decide whether he remains municipal councilor or transfers to the Supreme Council of Magistrates, on which he was recently elected as a member.