The new Chisinau Mayor to verify the privatisation procedure of the municipal radio and TV stations

The new mayor of the municipality of Chisinau, Dorin Chirtoaca will verify the privatisation procedure of the municipal TV and radio stations – Antena C and Euro TV Chisinau. Chirtoaca told Info-Prim Neo that he knows that the law does not allow the creation of local public stations, but maybe there is a chance to rehabilitate the two media stations if finding certain violations in the privatisation process. There have been such violations but they should be found and confirmed. “We will certainly make this effort”, Chirtoaca underlined. The Constitutional Court will examine on Tuesday, June 26 the petition signed by three MPs on the constitutionality of the provisions included in the Audiovisual Code, by means of which the two stations passed into private ownership. Antena C and Euro TV Chisinau were sold at the beginning of 2007, as a result of a decision approved by the communist and Christian-democrat councillors. The privatisation itself and its procedure in particular were disputed by the civil society, politicians and diplomatic representatives.