Filat tries to stop the run of capital belonging to PCRM affiliates

“We urge the National Bank to undertake all the measures not to allow the illicit transfer of capital abroad,” the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Vlad Filat, told a news conference on August 4. “For the last 8 years, the ones doing business in Moldova have been affiliates of the government and, through abuses, through abusive takeovers of businesses, have got rich,” the PLDM president is quoted by Info-Prim Neo as saying. “During this period of time, one notices a trend of getting these resources out of the country in order to safely shelter them. Obviously this must be curbed,” Filat stated. In an appeal addressed to public servants, local councilors and mayors, employees of the law-enforcement bodies and media, the PLDM calls on them to do their duties and to insure the integrity of the state documents. The PLDM asks the Internal Affairs Ministry, the Service of Information and Security, the General Prosecutor's Office to insure the integrity of files related to investigations or sent to courts. “We ask the media, especially the public broadcasters, to contribute to keep the calmness within society and to correctly inform the population about the political processes in the country,” Vlad Filat stated. The PLDM asks the diplomatic missions accredited to Chisinau and the international institutions to use all the instruments they have in order to contribute to the civilized power transfer. When asked how the head of the state is going to be elected, since the non-Communist parties from the parliament fall short of 8 votes, Vlad Filat has said: “By secret vote and the necessary votes will be found.” The PLDM leader recommends Communist leader Vladimir Voronin to abandon politics, “because it turns into a burden for the PCRM itself.” Commenting on the PPCD's request to re-count the ballots, the PLDM president has said “often the PPCD voices the intentions of some parties with sickle and hammer.” The Constitutional Court has already rejected this idea of the Christian Democrats. Referring to the talks on setting up a ruling coalition, Filat has said they run all right, announcing that next Monday can be viewed as a possible deadline for the negotiations. The PLDM leader says he has had meetings with the US and Russian ambassadors and with the EU representative, Kalman Mizsei, on Tuesday.