PNL: “Present administration discredits itself”

The reforms and changes promised by the present administration are overdue in Moldova's districts, while the problems faced by the people continue to be solved according to one's political orientation, said the leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL) Vitalia Pavlichenko. “During the Communist regime, the Democrats who were not affiliated to the ruling Communists Party could not hope for justice and democratic functioning of the state's institutions. Unfortunately, the state of affairs has not changed. The former Communists adapted themselves to the new situation and maintain the coteries between district officials,” Vitalia Pavlichenko said in a news conference held at Info-Prim Neo on Thursday. Teacher of French Nina Tampiza, who heads the PNL's branch in Cahul, said the director of the high school where she worked, Constantin Chiciuc – a representative of the PLDM in Cahul - fired her without a reason as he did not like her teaching methods. She also said that a court reinstated her in the post, but the school's director appealed the decision. “I cannot explain such things. It is political persecution by a member of the PLDM, whose leader Vlad Filat heads the Government,” Nina Tampiza said. The PNL's representative in Causeni Ion Ciobanu has been in litigation with his neighbor for about three years. His neighbor moved his fence located behind the house forward and laid the foundation of his garage in the place of Ciobanu's garage. Mihai Morteanu, district councilor of the PNL in Falesti, said he will sue the Center for Combating Corruption and Economic Crime even the Government of Moldova because the shop of his company was searched as if by the NKVD (the Soviet People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs – e.n.). According to him, over 600 items made from precious metals were confiscated from the shop with no report being drawn up. Vitalia Pavlichenko does not rule out that the new divisions and managers in districts aim to discredit the present administration. “There should be held public programs, broad discussions and open dialog with the people so that the new governors know what's happening in districts,” she said.