{"id":2195,"date":"2019-12-10T15:14:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T13:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zdg.md\/eng\/?p=2195"},"modified":"2019-12-10T15:14:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T13:14:25","slug":"moldova-explained-by-zdg-december-9-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/moldova-explained-by-zdg-december-9-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Moldova, Explained by ZdG. December 9, 2019."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>HAPPENING THIS WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greetings from Chi\u015fin\u0103u! Here\u2019s what\u2019s happening this week: we feature a story on the conditional release of the ex-Prime Minister Vlad Filat, sentenced to nine years in prison for passive corruption and traffic of influence. In editorials, ZdG comments on the importance of equal conditions for the taxpayers, when the state starts to introduce new tax reforms. In weekly investigations, we take a closer look at the new Prosecutor General and his deputy prosecutors\u2019 assets and ties with the previous governments. All of that and more in this week\u2019s newsletter. Happy reading!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>THIS WEEK\u2019S FEATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EX-PRIME MINISTER RELEASED:\u00a0<\/strong>After the ex-Prime Minister was conditionally released, exchanges of accusations between the opposing political parties broke out. While the President blames the former Government led by Maia Sandu, the former Government blames President Igor Dodon for fostering selective justice practices. While investigating the circumstances that led to Vlad Filat&#8217;s release on parole,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/zdg.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=625e529534f3941e9f24693fa&amp;id=61675d8940&amp;e=73cd2cfead\" target=\"_blank\">ZdG traced<\/a>\u00a0the people who participated in this process and concluded that the release of the former Prime Minister is a consequence of a new compensatory mechanism introduced by the government led by the Democratic Party. This summer, Filat\u2019s nine-year sentence was reduced twice by a total of 1 year and 10 months. The Chi\u0219in\u0103u Court found Vlad Filat guilty of passive corruption and influence-peddling based on the accusations of convicted businessman and politician Ilan Shor. From the nine-year sentence, Filat served four years and a month in prison. Vlad Filat is also accused of committing criminal offenses of money laundering in big proportions, in another ongoing criminal case.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>FROM THE EDITORS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DODON\u2019S EVASION:<\/strong>\u00a0The state retroactively taxed the money sent to journalists by Google for advertising on web pages, to raise revenues in the state budget. At the same time, the biggest users of money coming from abroad remain untouched.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/zdg.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=625e529534f3941e9f24693fa&amp;id=b6c7feec3a&amp;e=73cd2cfead\" target=\"_blank\">ZdG\u2019s Executive Director Alina Radu<\/a>\u00a0argues on the importance of equal conditions for all the taxpayers. According to the de facto President of the Socialist Party, the party spends between 41,000 euros and 51,500 euros every month, taxing such a big receiver of remittances could enrich the state budget, and taxing them retroactively could even result in a solid criminal case, which will restore many people&#8217;s confidence in the justice system.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>THE FOREIGN BRIEF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VISIT TO TURKEY:<\/strong>&nbsp;This week President Igor Dodon announced about his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zdg.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=625e529534f3941e9f24693fa&amp;id=61f7e7c20f&amp;e=73cd2cfead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">upcoming visit to Turkey<\/a>, where he will meet with Turkey\u2019s President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan. President Dodon says he wants to strengthen relations with Turkey which is a strategic partner for Moldova. In 2017 President Dodon received a gift from the Turkish President to spend his holidays in Antalya along with his family. And in 2018, Turkey financed the repairs of the presidency, amounting to \u20ac10 million, while another \u20ac5 million were offered by Moldova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>E.B.R.D. INVESTMENTS:<\/strong>\u00a0Moldova saves \u20ac25 million by using MTender, an electronic public procurement system supported by the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/zdg.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=625e529534f3941e9f24693fa&amp;id=8c084aada5&amp;e=73cd2cfead\" target=\"_blank\">European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (E.B.R.D.)<\/a>\u00a0and the European Union. The system cost to \u20ac1.2 million and it was introduced in all ministries and 2,500 state institutions in Moldova, in 2018. MTender represents an important effort to transform the way in which public funds are spent, enabling Moldova\u2019s first electronic auction, reducing the risk of bid-rigging and promoting fair competition and integrity. The E.B.R.D. is the leading institutional investor in Moldova and has so far invested over \u20ac1.3 billion through almost 130 projects since it has become active in Moldova. The Bank also helps the authorities design policies that improve the business climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>ZDG INVESTIGATES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NEW PROSECUTOR GENERAL:<\/strong>&nbsp;After a five-month-long search for a Prosecutor General, one of the controversial issues that led to the government\u2019s demise, last month Alexandr Stoianoglo became the new Prosecutor General. In turn, Stoianoglo appointed three deputy prosecutors.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zdg.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=625e529534f3941e9f24693fa&amp;id=53789d34cc&amp;e=73cd2cfead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ZdG investigated<\/a>&nbsp;the assets and political ties of the Prosecutor General and the three deputy prosecutors. The Prosecutor General was previously a member of Parliament and Deputy Speaker of the Democratic Party, but he has distanced himself in recent years from politics. At the same time, one of his deputy prosecutors has served under the former prosecutor Eduard Harunjen during the rule of the Democratic Party government as well. Another deputy prosecutor has a luxurious house built while he was working at the Anticorruption Prosecutor\u2019s Office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BACK TO WORK:<\/strong>\u00a0In 2018 the government bought 105 ambulances with public money. Later anticorruption prosecutors investigated the correctness of the procurement procedures and the contracts of the high price and questionable quality of the ambulances, detaining the former director of the National Center for Emergency Medical Assistance (CNAMUP) and one of his deputy directors.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/zdg.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=625e529534f3941e9f24693fa&amp;id=e030d6aee7&amp;e=73cd2cfead\" target=\"_blank\">ZdG continued following<\/a>\u00a0the ambulance case where suspicious tenders took place, observing that last week, the former head of CNAMUP regained his position. The law enforcement authorities failed again to bring to justice people who used their positions to influence the outcomes of the tenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>MOLDOVA IN WORLD NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ENVIRONMENT CRUSADERS:<\/strong>&nbsp;Southeast European environmental activists are waging a battle to combat environmental destruction in the region, engaging in \u201cflash mob\u201d campaigns, orchestrating mass protests and starting film festivals to promote conservation \u2013 all the while rattling and challenging local authorities&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zdg.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=625e529534f3941e9f24693fa&amp;id=af89eba0ed&amp;e=73cd2cfead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BalkanInsight<\/a>&nbsp;writes. In Moldova, one of these activists is advocating for the importance of the Nistru river, which provides 80 percent of the drinking water in Moldova.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TAX FOR IT COMPANIES:<\/strong>&nbsp;A new fiscal measure will be taxing IT companies including Facebook, Google, and Netflix in a move should bring in at least \u20ac5 million next year&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zdg.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=625e529534f3941e9f24693fa&amp;id=12098d1131&amp;e=73cd2cfead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Madalin Necsutu writes for BalkanInsight<\/a>. However, these changes will block the entrepreneurs from innovating, and stop some big international companies to provide services in Moldova any longer under the new amendments. The 2020 budget projects revenues of \u20ac1.85 billion and a deficit of \u20ac370 million.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PLAHOTNIUC\u2019S LOCATION:<\/strong>\u00a0President Igor Dodon claimed that the United States planned to use the fugitive oligarch, Vladimir Plahotniuc in its fight against Russia. &#8220;Those who helped Plahotniuc to flee counted at minimum on his control over the Democratic Party. He pledged to ensure support for the pro-European government of Sandu [Prime Minister Maia Sandu \u2014 TASS] and prevent the strengthening of the Socialists, who are carrying out a balanced foreign policy in the interests of the country,&#8221; Dodon said in an interview for the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/zdg.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=625e529534f3941e9f24693fa&amp;id=e60ea24894&amp;e=73cd2cfead\" target=\"_blank\">Russian News Agency TASS<\/a>.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>SPOTTED THIS WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MOLDOVA IN JAPAN:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zdg.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=625e529534f3941e9f24693fa&amp;id=05a47218a2&amp;e=73cd2cfead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moldova\u2019s embassy in Japan<\/a>&nbsp;presented our country in the Art Mile project in a school from the Tomi city, Nagano Prefecture. Tomi City is recorded as the host city for Moldova\u2019s national team from the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of 2020. Furthermore, Japan is an important economic partner for Moldova, supporting Moldova\u2019s economy through profitable loans to the country\u2019s agricultural industry, and funds offered for purchasing firefighters\u2019 trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>U.S. OFFICIAL IN MOLDOVA:<\/strong>&nbsp;On December 6, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zdg.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=625e529534f3941e9f24693fa&amp;id=46c400856a&amp;e=73cd2cfead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deputy Assistant for the European and Eurasian Affairs of the U.S. Secretary of State, George Kent<\/a>&nbsp;met with Prime Minister Ion Chicu discussing bilateral relations between Moldova and the U.S.A. and the assistance provided by the U.S. Government. Since 1992 the U.S.A. has provided over $1.5 billion in assistance to Moldova and other $262 million through the Millennium Challenge Corporation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PEDESTRIAN ROADS:<\/strong>&nbsp;The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zdg.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=625e529534f3941e9f24693fa&amp;id=89c79cedab&amp;e=73cd2cfead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">German Ambassador to Moldova<\/a>&nbsp;together with the mayor of the Cupcini village, North of Moldova, held a festive opening of the paving the pedestrian roads project. In Cupcini 11,000 square meters of pedestrian pavement were rehabilitated and rebuilt with Germany\u2019s support.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAPPENING THIS WEEK Greetings from Chi\u015fin\u0103u! Here\u2019s what\u2019s happening this week: we feature a story on the conditional release of the ex-Prime Minister Vlad Filat, sentenced to nine years in prison for passive corruption and traffic of influence. 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