Anatol Plugaru [Moldova’s Minister of State Security in 1991-1992] and Mihai Petrache [ex-Chairman of the Centrist Union of Moldova] have stood up with an idea that presidential functions should be entrusted to incumbent Prime Minister Vlad Filat.

Sergiu Mocanu, the leader of the Popular Action Movement and former Adviser-at-Large to President Vladimir Voronin, has expressed indignation that the Prosecutor General's Office has not yet closed down the case against him, though yet in November 2009 the Ministry of Justice officially stated to international organizations that Mocanu’s arrest had been illegitimate.

The Parliament of Moldova has in fact deprived citizens of the possibility to defend their consumer rights, Petru Gutul, Chairman of the all-republican “Consumer Protection” citizens’ association, stated at a news conference in Infotag today.

The Moldovan Humanists Party is demanding from the Government to ensure higher living standards for the Moldovan population and create proper conditions for continuous improvement of life quality.

Head of Moldovan Union of Dogbreeders Olga Serita demands from the Ministry of Justice to reconsider the decision of the former leadership of the Ministry of Justice, owing to which Serghei Volinet became unlawfully the Chairman of the Moldovan Union of Dogbreeders.

About 80% of Moldovan migrants, who came to work to the EU member countries for a long period, received the legal status of migrants, who work on the basis of labor contracts. In the CIS 39.6% of migrants work on the basis of labor contracts and 56.9% - without any labor contracts”, the Survey on Moldovan Migrants, which was presented on a news conference on Friday in Infotag, say.

One Durlesti Municipal Council member from the Christian Democratic Popular Party and four members from the National Liberal Party including Durlesti Mayor Nicolae Crudu, have left their parties and stated intention to join the Liberal Democratic Party.

A growing number of Social Democratic Party (SDPM) members are joining the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (LDPM) headed by Prime Minister Vlad Filat.

Singer and Head of the EuroMoldovaArt Association intends to launch the international project “The Doina of Hope” on the topic of “Haiti – Ruins and Pain… Moldova – a Drop of Hope” in support of the people of Haiti, which was destroyed by an earthquake on January 12.

The Republic of Moldova leadership, in particular Acting President and Parliament Chairman Mihai Ghimpu and Prime Minister Vlad Filat, must stand up with a call to the Romanian authorities to give up their intention to deploy an American antimissile defense system in Romania, presumes Chairman of the Ravnopraviye [Equal Rights] Socio-Political Movement Valery Klimenko.

Anatol Plugaru, Moldova’s ex-minister of state security in 1991-1992, and Mihai Petrache, ex-Chairman of the Centrist Union of Moldova (CUM), have proposed the Parliament to annul the presidential elections held in 2009 and to organize a new one. They believe this is the only possible way to overcome the aggravating, chronic political crisis in Moldova.

The Association for Protection of Stray Animals (Alga) and Leader of the National Liberal Party Vitalia Pavlicenco consider Moldova’s incumbent authorities worse than the Communist rule.

The Lawyers for Human Rights association and a group of lawyers defending citizens’ rights in the European Court of Human Rights have stood up with a sharp disapproval of the statements made by Supreme Court Chairman Ion Muruianu at the annual meeting of Moldovan judges last Saturday.

Chisinau. The Danube Logistics SRL, which owns the Giurgiulesti international free port will invest $10 million in its development in 2010.