The Government of Romania offers the municipality of Chisinau a grant of €10m for cleaning the Byk River. As part of the project, the Byk riverbed will be depended on a number of sectors and will be cleared of mud, garbage and building elements. The adjoining area will be laid out as a recreation area, with newly planted trees and bushes, alleys, bicycle tracks, street lighting and urban furniture. The project covers Vatra town up to the Botanical Garden of Chisinau, on a distance of 24.56 km and another 21.38 km in Strășeni district.
The contract for the purchase of the buses exhibited in the Great National Assembly Square of Chisinau will be signed on February 20. Acting mayor Ruslan Codreanu said that after the contract is signed, the buses will run on routes that are now not covered by the public transport. When the routes are set, the requests of the citizens of Chisinau will be taken into account. The new buses will mainly run on the streets Nicolae Testemiţanu, Albișoara and Maria Drăgan. The number of buses on Milescu Spătaru St will be supplemented as the number of public units of transport is now insufficient there.
Ilan Shor said that after the Shor Party wins the elections, this will suggest a bill that would offer the MPs elected in single-member constituencies the right of veto in relation to the decisions of the local public administration for more efficient control all over the country, especially in Chisinau. The party pledges to build the latest recreation park in the region – “MoldovaLand” – during 18 months. This will be constructed with Chisinau budget funds and access to this will be free for townspeople.
In meetings with voters in Nisporeni, where he runs in a single-member constituency, Vlad Plahotniuc said the Democratic Party promoted and will put into practice a number of social initiatives in support of families with children. The leader of the PDM discussed with employees of the kindergarten “Fairytale” and with parents whose children attended this nursery school. He told them about the Democrats’ initiative to offer by 200 lei a month to each child up to the age of 18 that was adopted by Parliament in the first reading.
Representatives of the Party “ Democracy at Home” called on the media outlets and national and international human rights organizations to turn their attention to the case of Alina Paniko, who settled in Romania and who was banned from entering Moldova for the reason that he posed a threat to national security.
According to the Border Police, the case happened on February 16, when a minibus was not allowed to enter Moldova. Only the minibus was banned access, not yet the persons who were in this. The passengers could cross the border whenever they wanted, using other units of transport.
The Party of Socialists said an increasing number of questions have appeared as to the legitimacy of the elections of the February 24. The PSRM’s jurist Fadei Nagacevski said that even if the Republic of Moldova has an Election Code, the rules of the game are not respected by the election runners. The administrative resources are massively used by the ruling party and the voters are corrupted by being offered electoral presents banned by law. The PSRM is attacked with false accusations concerning illegal financing by contestants.
The Democratic Party’s candidate in single-member constituency No. 50 said the Democratic Party showed that it does things and not only makes statements, including for people from outside the country. On the other side, representatives of the electoral bloc ACUM noted the Republic of Moldova is a captured state and the citizens from the diaspora want a political alternative. The representative of the National Liberal Party stated the problems in Moldova can be solved only through the union with Romania, while independent candidate Oleg Brega said he has experience in defending human rights and will be a non-blackmailable and incorruptible MP who will really represent the ordinary people. The statements were made in the public debate “Elections 2019: Please elect me MP on behalf of the Western Diaspora because...”, which was the 106th installment of the series “Developing political culture through public debates” staged by IPN Agency.
The works to build the Ungheni – Chisinau gas pipeline as part of the second stage of the Iasi-Ungheni interconnection project were kicked off. The works to build the pipe will be performed by Transgaz within at most 23 months. “After many years during which the price of gas was used as a scarecrow by those who supplied it to Moldova, we come closer to the day when this will no longer happen,” stated Prime Minister Pavel Filip.
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