Romania’s Ambassador in Chisinau Daniel Ioniță said he does not see wish on the part of the Moldovan authorities to submit an application for EU membership. “Such a wish cannot be taken out of the hat in an inappropriate or sudden way. We do not live in a world of surprises. We live in a world where such decisions should be attentively prepared. I didn’t see preparation on the issue until now and I don’t think such preparation is possible in the short period of time that remained until January 1, 2019,” stated the diplomat.
Politicians’ aggressiveness is a response to voters’ expectations, said participants in a conference staged by the Central Election Commission and the United Nations Development Program within the Project “Enhancing democracy in Moldova through inclusive and transparent elections”.
In the debate, journalist and political analyst Igor Volnitski said the analysis of a number of election campaigns showed the Moldovan politicians are aggressive: 10% because their nature is like this; 30% behave aggressively if they are treated aggressively, while 60% act sow because this is what the voters expect from them. “In the Republic of Moldova, dissatisfaction with the government, irrespective of its color, existed in any election campaign. If there is dissatisfaction in society and the people demand that the one to blame should be treated aggressively, the politicians do so. Consequently, the element of aggressiveness will be present in any election campaign,” stated the analyst.
The appointment of the new NBM governor took place amid a new scandal: the Communist and Socialist MPs left the sitting shortly after this started and didn’t take part in the vote. Answering MPs‘ questions in Parliament, Octavian Armașu said he knows what the priorities and main challenges in the field are. Liberal-Democratic MP Maria Ciobanu said the appointment of Octavian Armașu as governor is not surprising as it is hard to find a person who would be more loyal to the government.
It is already known that in one of the first sittings of the next Parliament, the Socialist MPs will suggest a bill providing that the MPs who will leave the group of the party on whose ticket they entered the legislative body, they will be stripped of the seat, stated Socialist MP Vlad Batrîncea.
The IPN Experts drew attention to his statements: “We have two systemic bills designed to bring party switching and buying of MPs to an end. The first says the MP’s attempt to leave the group will lead to the loss of seat. The second provides the Constitution will be amended so that the Republic of Moldova becomes a presidential state.” The experts note that both of the systemic bills of the PSRM necessitate the amendment of the Constitution, while the amendment of the supreme law is a long-lasting process that requires thorough preparation. Or we could justly expect that the Constitutional Court will declare the given bills contrary to the supreme law because they encroach upon the integrity of the Constitution. The executive secretary of the PSRM knows these things. Therefore, the promises made by him are exclusively propagandistic in character.
Questions without answerers in the Mass-Media Forum 2018, where it was noted that the journalists in the Republic of Moldova, especially the representatives of the independent press, in the course of 2018 worked in conditions of insecurity. The intimidations and threats became more frequent amid the almost complete lack of efficient reactions on the part of the state authorities. The access to information worsened.
According to Viorica Zaharia, president of the Press Council of Moldova, a number of events were witnessed in the mass media sector this year, which rather undermined the freedom of the media than strengthened .The adoption of the national concept for the development of the mass media is welcome. This document will lay the basis for developing other policies in the field. But two bills that are vital for the national media, which were to introduce particular tax concessions and tax exemptions for periodicals, were negatively appraised by the Government and this is equal to their annulment.
The Emergency Telephone Service is on the alert. Over 2.5 million calls were made to the 112 Emergency Telephone Service during the first eight months of its launch. Only one in three calls refers to emergency cases. Of the reported emergencies, 74% necessitated the assistance of an ambulance team, 24% – the intervention of the police and only 2% – the assistance of firemen.
Nevertheless, cheer up! On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Moldovan leu, the National Bank of Moldova put into circulation the 10 lei coin.
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