The public TV channel Moldova 1 has a new director as of August 28. This is Ecaterina Stratan, who held the post on an interim basis until now, replacing Mircea Surdu who tendered his resignation when his term in office expired. Ecaterina Stratan was named for a five-year term. Five members of the Supervisory Board of the National Public Broadcaster “TeleRadio-Moldova” voted for her. The other two candidates – journalists George Iosip and Sergiu Praporshchuk – gained no vote, IPN reports.
According to her project of intent, Ecaterina Stratan plans to transform the public TV channel into “an institution of the present” and to correctly and equidistantly inform the viewers. Ecaterina Stratan, who also heads the News Department of the public TV channel, said the institution reached a new development level in the recent period, but a lot is yet to be done.
The new director said that to change the state of affairs at Moldova 1, the personnel division should be reformed and emphasis should be placed on team work so that this provides products of a higher quality. “I have worked at Moldova 1 for several years and know both the possibilities of this institution and the aspects that should be changed,” stated Ecaterina Stratan.
According to her, the public TV channel needs a better quality of image and sound to be able to compete with other media outlets. Financial resources are needed to improve the institution’s equipment, to repair and modernize its studios. “I think a new head office could solve many of the problems faced by the public TV channel at present. There are many offices that are used inefficiently and entail high maintenance costs that should be better directed to a new building,” said the new director of Moldova 1.
Supervisory Board member Lilia Gurez said the number of candidates in the current contest was the lowest ever and expressed her regret at the fact that this post is no longer so attractive.
Another Board member Alexandru Vasilache said Ecaterina Stratan had the best project of intent and she knows bests all things from inside and is trusted by the staff.
The post of Moldova 1 director was vacated by Mircea Surdu on June 26. The same day, the TV channels’ vice director Leonid Melnic also submitted his resignation.
