The independent analytical center Expert-Grup identified irregularities in the administration of public money by the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. The irregularities are not new. They were revealed in the previous reports of the Audit Office, but weren’t removed, IPN reports.
Economist Tatiana Savva, who is the author of the Expert-Grup study, in a news conference at IPN said the main irregularities identified by the Audit Office in its reports concern the incorrect inventorying of property, incorrect registration of the right of ownership and poor maintenance of facilities, especially due to insufficient investments or investments that were not in line with the priorities. The ownership right over 252 facilities to the initial value of 212.9 million lei hasn’t been legalized with the cadastral body.
Tatiana Savva stated that exaggerated costs have been indicated for remunerating persons with managerial posts. Earlier, the Audit Office said the number of employees in this area was too high, but the situation hasn’t changed.
The audit report on the Ministry of the Environment and the Ecological Fund pointed to the lack of an internal control system, which led to the appearance of irregularities in labor remunerator, public procurement, use of the car pool, etc.
The irregularities in the management of the projects financed with money from the Ecological Fund refer to the absence of standardized procedures for assessing the impact, allocation of money to persons who are not the final beneficiaries of projects, the lack of a real contest between the submitted projects.
Expert-Grup program director Dumitru Budeanschi said the problem of management of public money is important for ensuring the country’s security and should be addressed in a more serious way.
