Dignity and Truth Platform Political Party (PPDA) asks the General Prosecutor's Office to investigate the circumstances in which the ANRE decisions of August 16, concerning the increase in electricity tariffs, were taken. The party requests the full annulment of these decisions. The PPDA leader Andrei Năstase made a statement to this effect, during a press briefing on Sunday, August 25, IPN reports.
The PPDA deems ANRE decisions to be illegal, unfounded and taken in violation of the established procedure. "These decisions bring considerable damages to the rights and interests of the largest part of our society, to citizens who have a low and medium income, who will have to bear even higher expenses to cover the provided service," said Andrei Nastase.
According to PPDA leader, it is clear from the disclosed documents that such a request for an increase was considered necessary since the beginning of the year. However, despite a constant practice of making decision- in the first months of the year, for political and electoral reasons, ANRE intentionally delayed solving the matter due to the parliamentary elections of February 24, 2019.
This shows that the institution has acted in a political context, favouring a party that still controls it - the Democratic Party”, argues Andrei Năstase. He also says that this is corroborated by the ANRE composition, " members of the institution being appointed based on political criteria, in violation of the express legal provisions".
The PPDA considers that ANRE can increase or change these tariffs only after having ordered and carried out a detailed audit of the supply companies, involving civil society exponents in order to rule out arbitrariness and abuse that had already taken place.
On August 16, this year, ANRE Board of Directors approved the new electricity supply prices on the territory of the Republic of Moldova. Thus, in accordance with the content of the administrative documents, final consumers in the centre and the south of the country will pay increased tariffs of 189 bani / kWh, while final consumers in the north of the country will pay 223 bani / kWh.
