Two new ministries in future executive

The Government of Moldova could include two more ministries – of youth and of regional development. “The given issue is under discussion,” the leader of the PDM Marian Lupu said on Thursday, after a new meeting of the leaders of the government coalition, Info-Prim Neo reports. “The youth policies are a very sensitive area. We are now considering creating an institution that will deal with youth matters or a ministry of youth,” Marian Lupu said. “We also discuss who will deal with the restoration of the balance in the economic and social development at local level. It will be a ministry of regional development or another institution,” Lupu said. The leaders of the Alliance for European Integration also said that they consider what to do with the Ministry of Local Administration. “Anyway, we must have local autonomy. This ministry steals from this autonomy,” said the PL president Mihai Ghimpu. “We cannot yet present the final structure of the executive because there are many aspects to be considered and many things to be rectified as the Communists destroyed this state at political, economic and social levels,” the AMN leader Serafim Urecheanu said. “These discussions will yet last. We discuss not only technical aspects, but also the internal organization of these institutions as we want a government of a higher quality,” Marian Lupu said. The leaders of the coalition said that the agenda also includes the issue of layoffs, but it is not one of the priorities.