Prime Minister Pavel Filip requested the administration of Moldova’s Railways to clear the salary debts, to optimize the costs and to strategically reorganize the state-run company. In a meeting with officials in charge of the sector, Pavel Filip criticized the administration for the defective management of the company, IPN reports, with reference to the Government’s press service.

The Premier expressed his indignation at the fact that the company’s employees haven’t been paid for three months and the salary arrears rose to 100 million lei. “With such organization, you will get nowhere. How do you intend to overcome the crisis when you have 40 enterprises that provide services? You have cars that stay in the garage without wheels, but you indicate that these consume diesel fuel. Why?” asked Pavel Filip.

He instructed that the company should be transferred from the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure to the Public Property Agency. “The Ministry should deal with policies, while the Agency with management. I see that things stagnate. We must understand what is going on at the company. Someone regards Moldova’s Railways as a personal business and does what he wants there,” stated Pavel Filip.

Last year, the Government approved the concept for the restructuring of the railroad sector and Moldova’s Railways for 2018-2021. The Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure and Moldova’s Railways were to work out a plan of action for implementing this.