Moldovan government's priority projects for 2018 to be infrastructure, education, justice reforms

Chisinau, 2 January /MOLDPRES/ - The cabinet’s priority projects for 2018 will be infrastructure, education and supremacy of law. Prime Minister Pavel Filip has made statements to this effect in an interview for a private TV channel.    

The PM noted that more actions would be undertaken also for the development of roads’ infrastructure. “In this respect, we have earmarked important sums from the budget; yet, there are financial sources provided also by foreign financers; more than 2.4 billion lei will be invested in the repair and development of roads’ infrastructure. Another priority subject remains the education sector. We will try to have an assessment of everything which is happening in the education system of Moldova and to improve things. And, certainly, another priority is justice. The reforms in justice will continue, so that, in the end, we are able to speak about a true supremacy of law in our country,” Filip said.  

The prime minister specified that an important priority was the enforcement of the First Home programme – a programme oriented towards young people. “Of all analyses we had, a thing which prompts young people to leave abroad is the lack of hope to have a dwelling or to have capacity to buy a dwelling in Moldova. Therefore, we have backed this programme very much. At the same time, in 2018, we will initiate the First Home 2 project, where we will identify categories of people who will have more facilities when purchasing a dwelling,” Pavel Filip said.

The prime minister said that one of the most important drafts was also the one on meal vouchers. “This is, in my mind, a very good draft, as it represents an increase to the salary and is convenient for the employer, as he/she does not pay taxes for this supplement, on the one hand. On the other hand, it is welcome for the employee as well, given that it can be used as supplement only for food products, which means that we take care that our citizens be nourished in time, soundly and thus, we will have a healthy nation,” Filip added. 

(Reporter A. Ciobanu, editor M. Jantovan)