Monica Babuc, the acting president of the Democratic Party, accuses the ruling party of setting a dangerous precedent by dismissing people according to political criteria in the process of cleaning the state institutions. The current government fired professionals based on political sympathies, the state institutions being left without institutional memory. For their part, representatives of the government deny having dismissed people due to their party affiliation and invited upright specialists to come and work for state institutions, IPN reports.
The acting president of PDM noted the government started a real cleanup campaign so as “to clear the system of corrupt and noxious elements”, as Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița stated when taking up her duties.
“When I hear that hundreds of heads are dismissed from posts, I become terrified. I wonder where you will take competent persons who will ensure governance in the Republic of Moldova. It does not come to the low salaries only. It also comes to the attitude to public functionaries about whom they say that these are thieves and corrupt. A negative precedent when people are fired according to political criteria is set. The intention to associate everyone with the Democratic Party and to say that they all took part in the bank fraud is counterproductive. If a person from PDM is a professional, one should not punish the whole institution there,” Monica Babuc stated in the program “Emphasis on Today” on TVR Moldova channel.
The representatives of the government admit that even if there are hundreds of vacancies in different state institutions, the people refuse to work for the state and this is primarily due to the low salary for a heavy workload.
“We called on society, the diaspora to fill the many available vacancies. We blame the people’s unwillingness to come and work for state institutions on the low salaries. The professionals are now hired at companies, NGOs with appropriate salaries. The service with the state will not enable them to keep the current living conditions. But we also bank on the feeling of patriotism. The country’s development depends on this element too. Those who say they love Moldova should now lend a hand in building the state,” said PAS MP Vladimir Bolea.
In her report on the first 100 days in office, Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița among the accomplishments mentioned the rise in pensions, breaking of international isolation and cleaning of the state institutions.
