The Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (PLDM) has released the report “Local Public Administration Reform – Impact Analysis”, TRIBUNA reports.

According to the party, the local public administration reform promoted by the ruling PAS party starts from a real problem: the excessive fragmentation of local government and the existence of hundreds of mayoralties with limited operational capacity. The government’s proposed solution is the amalgamation of localities, reducing the number of mayoralties and reorganizing the administrative-territorial structure to create larger, more efficient units.

However, PLDM argues that this approach addresses only the symptoms, not the root causes. A larger municipality does not automatically generate jobs, investment, or economic development. The reform risks becoming merely a redrawing of the administrative and political map, without responding to Moldova’s fundamental challenges: depopulation, population ageing, economic concentration in Chișinău, and the gradual disappearance of rural communities.

In PLDM’s view, a genuine administrative-territorial reform must be a nation‑building project for future generations. Changing the borders of administrative units is not enough.

“We need to build a new economic architecture, based on strong cities, regional development hubs, industry, investment, and jobs.

The real choice is not between reform and no reform. The real choice is between a planned restructuring of the Republic of Moldova and a chaotic restructuring driven by depopulation and economic decline,” the party emphasized.