The current government during the last four years managed to double the state budget and the national public budget, to attract investments and to ensure a 20% economic growth. However, the country needs radical reforms as the development of the state is a continuous process, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party Vlad Filat, who is one of the leaders of the Pro-European Coalition, said in the program “Politica” on TV7 channel, IPN reports.
“We took over a country that was in an unprecedented economic crisis, with no prospect. Now we have a country that is in the process of European integration, with an important stage already covered – the initialing of the agreements with the European Union. We finalized the Plan of Action with the EU and expect the visa regime to be abolished by the elections of next year. All these accomplishments imply complex reforms,” said the politician.
Vlad Filat stated that the results were achieved in difficult conditions. “In these four years, we had many elections, parliamentary and local. We didn’t have a head of state for a long time. This means permanent risk of elections. We witnessed unjustified political competition. We faced floods and drought. Now we have a twice larger state budget and national public budget. We have investments of over 7 billion lei, as against about 1 billion lei four years ago,” he said.
On the other hand, the polls show that the people are disappointed with the situation in Moldova. Vlad Filat considers this is because the government didn’t promote successful projects. “We got lost in intestinal struggles. We must show what good things we did. We ensured an annual GDP growth of 5% on average. We need monitoring not only from inside. We must be monitored by the partners from abroad as well as by civil society and the media,” he said.
Vlad Filat also said that some of the reforms weren’t completed, including in the field of anticorruption and justice. The Coalition Council considered voting a package of five bills aimed at ensuring reforms in these sectors. Reforms are also needed to ensure transparency in the banking system. By the end of this year, there will be adopted the necessary legislation. As to the modification of the electoral system, the politician considers this will not be done by the 2014 parliamentary elections. The Venice Commission was asked to pronounce on the matter. A bill on the joint electoral system was submitted to it for consideration.
