Municipal councillor questions the legality of a functionary’s dismissal
The councillor of “Moldova Noastra” Alliance, Oleg Cernei, addressed a formal request to the Municipal Legal Division, Administrative Control Division of the Ministry of Local Public Administration, and the Chisinau Prosecutor’s Office, demanding them to take attitude about the CMC decision of March 15, that discharged the chairwoman of the Municipal Division for Protection of Children’s Rights, Svetlana Chifa.
The request was made by Cernei at the Chisinau Municipal Council’s sitting, held on Tuesday, March 20, after the Division’s staffers had disputed the dismissal decision. Responses are expected by March 22, at the next CMC meeting.
Chifa was sacked with the vote of the majority of municipal councillors. The respective item was not included in the CMC agenda, while concrete accusations of not fulfilling professional duties were not brought against the fired person.
Starcea submitted this proposal during the debate on the issue regarding the allocation of financial means for purchasing tickets for travelling in urban public transport for certain categories of underprivileged children. The PPCD councillor opined that this item was not prepared adequately by the Division’s chairwoman, for the reason that many children in boarding schools do not need these tickets because they use them only several times a month, when they go home. In the context, she mentioned that half of the money planned for paying the tickets could be allocated for financing some real needs of the underprivileged children, than be given to municipal transporters. The PPCD councillor maintained that Svetlana Chifa had more shortcomings in her activity, including the admittance of taking children to the boarding schools without holding birth certificates, as well as the illicit sale of apartments belonging to children in custody.