Costs of concert with international stars organized by Unite on the day of large protest by Platform "DA" are secret

Anastasia Nani
23/03/2016
Concertul a fost anunțat cu doar două zile înainte. Foto: Adevărul Moldova

Moldtelecom and Unite refuse to provide details about costs of the concert with international stars held on 6 September 2015, on the day when the Civic Platform "Dignity and Truth" was supposed to organize a large protest in the center of capital. Legal Resource Center in Moldova (LRCM) submitted requests on means used for the event, which was considered by the platform members as a diversion of businessman Vlad Plahotniuc. The organization aims to find out the source of financing, the basis of this decision, the person who took this decision immediately, and why singers from abroad were invited to the concert.

Representatives of Moldtelecom, an institution whose founder and only shareholder is the state, alleged trade secrets and personal data. Subsequently, LRCM asked the Court of Accounts, the only Moldovan public authority in Moldova that may perform controls over economic units with a social state capital more than 50%, to check the expenses incurred by Unite Company to organize the concert. According to the reply given by the Court of Accounts, the audit work program has already been approved for 2016 and the request of LRCM cannot serve as basis for amending it. "No other public authority may request or oblige the Court of Accounts to perform or stop the audit actions, except for requests received from Parliament or parliamentary factions", writes the statement.

Court of Accounts forwarded the complaint of LRCM for investigation to the Financial Inspection, an institution under the subordination of the Ministry of Finance. On 17 March 2016, the Financial Inspection replied that it was impossible to solve the petition of LRCM as “a moratorium was set on state control for people with entrepreneurial activity ".

Socialist MP Bogdan Tirdea previously made a similar request to Moldtelecom, trying to find out the cost of the concert. "The exact costs of the event and the relevant documentation is the company's trade secret, and contains confidential data, which are subject to the legal norms of personal data  protection", writes the letter.  

Representatives of Moldtelecom said that the costs of the concert were several times lower than the information provided by media. Also, the heads of the company said that the event was well-planned.

The concert organized at the exhibiting Center "Moldexpo" was announced 2 days before and the members of the Civic Platform “Dignity and Truth” regarded this event as a diversion of the controversial businessman Vladimir Plahotniuc. Unite was supposed to celebrate the launch of new subscriptions and promised to invite singers Dan Balan, Stefan Banica Junior, Alexandra Stan, Vera Brejneva, Dima Bilan, Filip Kirkorov. Then, following many messages posted by internauts, the majority of stars refused to sing. Shortly, the organizers compiled another list with singers Natalia Gordienko, Naguale, Alex Velea, Antonia, Narcotic Sound, Marcel Pavel, Kaira, Delia, Nicolai Baskov, Morandi, Alexandra Stan, Filip Kirkorov etc.

Anastasia Nani
23/03/2016




Textele de pe pagina web a Centrului de Investigații Jurnalistice www.anticoruptie.md sunt realizate de jurnaliști, cu respectarea normelor deontologice și sunt protejate de dreptul de autor. Preluarea textelor știrilor și a investigațiilor jurnalistice se realizează în limita maximă de 500 de semne. În mod obligatoriu, în cazul paginilor web (portaluri, agenții, instituţii media sau bloguri) trebuie indicat şi linkul direct la articolul preluat de pe www.anticoruptie.md în primul alineat, iar în cazul posturilor de radio și TV – se citează obligatoriu sursa.

Preluarea integrală a textelor se poate realiza doar în condiţiile unui acord prealabil semnat cu Centrul de Investigații Jurnalistice.



Follow us on Telegram

Comments