To ensure Moldova’s development, a sum of €10 billion is needed and €2 billion of this sum should come from the local level, while the rest should be subsidized by Romania and, respectively, by Europe. These are the calculations presented by the UNION Electoral Bloc’s candidate for President Dorin Chirtoacă in a news conference, IPN reports.
According to Dorin Chirtoacă, €1.5 billion would be needed to pay decent, but minimum salaries comparable with the pays in Romania to public sector employees in Moldova. If childcare allowances, pensions, agricultural subsidies are added, the annual cost would be of €4 to €5 billion. “This is how much minimum decent living in the Republic of Moldova would cost. But these are only current casts. The budget of the Republic of Moldova is of €2 billion. It doesn’t cover at least half of the eventual minimum needed to survive,” stated the unionist candidate.
He also said that the sum will rise to €10 billion if we add the investments needed for development, such as water supply and sewerage system, gas networks, rural infrastructure, roads, etc. “Of these €10 billion, we can subtract €2 billion with which the Republic of Moldova would contribute to the consolidated budget of Romania, which is now of €75 billion. This sum could rise to €80 billion if the activities are legalized and the payment of salaries is made transparent,” noted Dorin Chirtoacă.
According to the candidate, the mechanisms and costs of the unification process can become absolutely real from the first day the Republic of Moldova has a unionist President and a Parliament that will support the union. “The model we can apply is offered by our forerunners, the People’s Council 1918, which agreed the union by the vote of March 27. In a year, the administration of Bessarabia was represented on the bodies of the new Romanian administration,” he stated.
