IPN flow synopsis for December 20, 2019

Without consulting Ghiță from Sadova

Ukraine, Russia and the EU agreed in principle on a new gas deal starting after January 1, 2020. Energy Minister Oleksiy Orzhel said the sides agreed on a high-quality final deal and this brings the countries closer to the signing of the final agreements.

Americans also suffer from ‘wait syndrome’?

The about 100,000 influenza vaccines that were to be donated to Moldova by the U.S Center for Vaccine Equity haven’t yet reached the country. Ștefan Gheorghiță, division head at the National Public Health Agency, said that during the last discussion with representatives of the donors on December 18, these said they will inform about the delivery time later.

Statements and denouncements – incontestable evidence, when  need be

The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office took legal action over the reported sale of the post of prosecutor general in 2009, in exchange for €2 million. In a requisition filed to the Prosecutor General’s Office, PAS MP Radu Marian says the media disseminated videos where Vlad Filat and Veaceslav Platon, who held public posts in the period, make assertions and these are incontestable proofs.

Happy are those who believe

In an interview for IPN News Agency, PAS leader Maia Sandu said that since the declaring of Moldova’s Independence, the biggest failure was the incapacity to build a solid state with powerful institutions that would protect the citizens. She noted that the most important thing in her governance was that she led an honest and authentic Government in an effort to clear the country of a corrupt legal system and corruption and this thing was confirmed by the foreign partners. In another development, the ex-Premier said the partnership between the PDM and the PSRM is designed to stop the process of reforming the Republic of Moldova that was started by the government that ruled from May until the start of November.

“There were no schemes”. No state capture? No stolen US$ 1 billion?

The president of the Democratic Party (PDM) Pavel Filip, ex-Premier, said he is optimistic and considers that even if things went slower, Moldova follows yet an ascending path. He noted that during the five-month government of the ACUM Bloc, there was presented no evidence of the alleged schemes. These were populist statement that are yet unsubstantiated.

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