Moldovan PM says administrative, territorial reform must be made for benefit of citizens

Chisinau, 5 June /MOLDPRES/- Prime Minister Chiril Gaburici today participated in talks on innovation development of administrative and territorial units from Moldova, held at the Academy of Sciences (ASM). Such a communication platform between government, ASM, public administration and business environment was organised for the first time ever in Moldova, the government's communication and media relations department has reported.

"I am glad to come back to the academy, already in my tenure of prime minister. 

Coming from the entrepreneurial environment and with experience of 100 days of leading government, I can say you that there is great discrepancy between the way the public and private sectors are organised and work. There is, nevertheless, a common vision - consolidation of a sustainable economy for ensuring citizens' welfare. We cannot talk about the economic development without innovation. Moldova is not only Chisinau, but each settlement, each citizen," he said.

In the context, the prime minister reiterated his mandate's priorities - supremacy of law, sustainable economy and national unity. "The results of the reforms underway could be turned to good account, only if we manage to combat corruption and bureaucracy. I continue to fight with the system, the people saying that it is impossible to accomplish something, but they do not know how to reason why," he noted.

Touching upon the opportunity of an administrative and territorial reform in Moldova, Gaburici said that its beneficiaries must be the citizens. "This reform is very important and we cannot afford taking hasty decisions. We have villages where schools have been built, but there are no children and vice versa  - we have villages with many children, where there are no schools and kindergartens. Who took such decisions?", he asked.

The prime minister assured that the development of regions would be present on the working agenda of the government. "We admit that the new challenges due to be faced by regional development in the next period, would need remodeling of Moldova's regional territorial map. In this context, the government will analyze recommendations by the scientists, especially the ones related to the administrative and territorial reform model from Latvia," he added.

The head of the Academy of Sciences, academician Gheorghe Duca thanked the prime minister for openness and interest in the academy's initiatives.

(Editor L. Alcaza)