Moldovan president signs decree on setting up of commission for contest for election of candidate for office of director of Centre for Strategic Communication and Combating of Misinformation

Chisinau, 17 December /MOLDPRES/ - President Maia Sandu on 16 December signed the Decree on the setting up of the commission for the organization and holding of the public contest for the election of the candidate for the office of director of the Centre for Strategic Communication and Combatting of Misinformation.   

According to the Presidency, the commission for contest is made up of journalists, civil society’s representatives, MPs, representatives of the Moldovan President’s Apparatus.     

The commission will organize and carry out the public contest for the selection of the candidate for the position of the Centre’s director, in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation on the way of organization and holding of the public contest for the election of the candidate for the office of director of the Centre for Strategic Communication and Combatting of Misinformation.  

Additional details on the stages of the contest’s holding will be communicated subsequently.

The Centre for Strategic Communication and Combatting of Misinformation was founded in July 2023, following a legislative initiative by President Maia Sandu. The institution has the task to consolidate the cooperation between institutions in the fight against the misinformation, manipulation of information and foreign interferences, which pose danger or can be detrimental to the national security and jeopardize the carrying out of the national interests.