RomânăWhat is PNDL in Romania was the program “Good Roads for Moldova” for the government in Chişinău: discretionary purse in anticipation of the general elections of February 2019. In fact, the micro-targeting was even more sophisticated and perverse than parties are able to do in Romania, but the problem of systemic clientelism – discretionary use of funds for investments in order to buy off mayors and votes – is widespread in Eastern Europe, in EU member and non-member states. A brief presentation and what is to be done, with Valeriu Paşa from WatchDog.MD