Government Agencies Must Submit Proposals on Budget Spent Reducing

State institutions must submit concrete proposals aimed at reducing budget expenditures so that funds can be redirected to liquidate the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis in Moldova. President Igor Dodon stated on his social network page that these measures will be taken at the Presidential Administration level and that the first plan for cutting costs in the amount of more than four million lei has already been completed -. According to him, we are talking about rejecting secondary purchases, reducing budget expenses for staff trips or bonuses and reducing other expenses, ipn.md reported “I ask all state institutions to show responsibility and take this appeal to cut costs as seriously as possible,” the head of state wrote. According to Igor Dodon, he intends to analyze together with the chairman of the parliament and the prime minister the way state bodies reacted to this appeal and intervened if necessary. “The campaign to combat the epidemic might be long, exhausting, and very costly for the state, therefore, we must be as responsible and economic as possible,” he wrote. Until May 15, the Republic of Moldova is in the state of emergency due to COVID-19 spread.