Monitoring of activity of the Government of the Republic of Moldova

The chapter contains periodical information about normative acts adopted by Government, sittings and decisions, reshuffles, statements of officials of the executive, commentaries on current topics and assessments on activity of the Government in general and its structures. The archives include information about monitoring of activity of the Government starting 2003. The published information is informal.

Activity of the Government on October 1–31, 2011

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Events of major importance

Premier’s report regarding assaults on share stocks of some banks

In an address in front of the Parliament Prime Minister Vlad Filat explained attempts to appropriate shares from some financial institutions and stressed that “authorities resisted” to him while heads of some state institutions “demonstrated incompetence or complicity.” The premier accused the Information and Security Service (SIS), the Prosecutor-General’s Office and the National Commission of Financial Market (CNPF) of no appropriate reaction and failure to take necessary actions, and therefore, demanded the resignation of their heads. The same day, the SIS director was dismissed by PLDM and PCRM factions, and the Parliament decided that the activity of the Information and Security Service, the Prosecutor-General’s Office and the National Commission of Financial Market conducted to honour their legal functions was unsatisfactory, and recommended to speaker to release the procedure of dismissal of the Prosecutor-General and the CNFP head within seven calendar days. Under the same decision, the prime minister should report to the Parliament within 14 calendar days the actions aimed to operate reshuffles in his cabinet. Further, the premier warned that the speaker of the Parliament would be dismissed should he refuse the demanded dismissals. A few days later, the CNPF head tendered resignation, while the Prosecutor-General was keeping running his office, but he was asked to report the activities of his institution to the Parliament.

Nominations. Dismissals

Mrs. Constanta Popescu-Mereacre was relieved from the office of senior state adviser for prime minister;
Mrs. Mariana Buruiana was nominated adviser for deputy prime minister.

Decisions

Decision concerning the Social Inspection. According to the approved regulation, the Social Inspection is in charge with watching the right and unitary enforcement of laws and other normative policies regulating the supply of social aid, aid for heating season, and social services. Key tasks of the inspection will be to detect violations, issue reports, communicate with public authorities, etc.

Decision approving the national strategic programme on demographic security of the Republic of Moldova (2011–2025). The programme is made of 12 chapters which cover diverse areas, and ministries will be in charge with implementing it.

Decision approving some draft law:

(New) draft insolvency law;
(New) draft law concerning the special inquiries;
Concerning the remuneration system for public functionaries;
Draft law on public funds and budgetary fiscal responsibility;
Concerning the importation of sport equipment, and others.

Decisions on allocation of funds:

The Information and Security Service is allocated 531,000 lei to organise the 10^th plenary sitting of the South East European Intelligence Conference (SEEIC);
An amount of 3 million lei is allocated to implement the national programme on adoption of European standards as national standards for 2011;
An amount of 120,000 lei is allocated to preserve medieval nooks from the natural reservation “Orheiul Vechi”.

Orders

Problems of nationals from other countries

Under an indication by prime minister, the State Chancellery will work out a normative framework needed to build the Diaspora Agency as an administrative authority directly controlled by Government, which will issue and promote Moldova’s migration policies and ensure contact with nationals from other countries. The Education Ministry was instructed to unilaterally revise the procedure of recognition of education diplomas issued by other states for all education levels in Moldova and to start negotiating bilateral agreements on recognition of education diplomas issued by Moldovan education institutions. The Education Ministry was also instructed to work out and implement a special programme on education of Moldovan children abroad, develop jointly with other competent authorities and institutions some programmes aimed to support scientists from Diaspora, as well as to develop international scientific cooperation and cooperate with public institutions from destination countries, so that to make conditions for a pre-school education close to Moldovan traditions.

Land consolidation

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry will set up a working group to consider the land consolidation problem and propose a resolution at legislative level.

Sittings. Decisions

Meeting with agricultural producers

Participants in the meeting exchanged opinions regarding the condition of agriculture, problems faced by agricultural producers and ways to resolve them. Minister of agriculture and food industry reported the crop and promotion of domestic production on foreign markets. Farmers criticised the Government and raised problems relating to:

Logistics and infrastructure;
Access to funding;
Protection of domestic market;
Subsidies for agriculture.

Working sitting with participation of winemakers and vine growers

Participants in the premier-chaired sitting discussed the situation in the area and measures to reform it. Minister of agriculture announced that the vine growing and winemaking sector will be reformed, with proposals in this respect being published on the ministerial website, and asked producers to share opinions regarding the reorganisation of their sector. In particular, authorities propose the opening of a Vine and Wine Agency and of a Vine and Wine Fund. The premier contented vine growers and winemakers and said that a perspective vision is needed in this sector to fix up priorities and actions to be taken.

Parity commission for decentralisation

A sitting considered and approved in principle the draft National Decentralisation Strategy which will be implemented from budgetary sources and with assistance of international organisations and development partners. According to prime minister, competences relating to management of some strategic sectors such as education, healthcare, social protection, public order, and others will be clearly delimited. In the context, he stressed the need of equilibrium between central and local public authorities and good communication between these authorities. Representatives of local public authorities sought some decision-making prerogatives and strengthening of local institutional capacities.

Governmental commission for country reintegration

The agenda of the sitting included issues relating to the resumption of the official 5+2 negotiations, promotion of trust-building measures in the Transnistrian settlement context, as well as honouring of previous decisions of the governmental commission for country reintegration. Prime minister greeted all authorities who contributed to the September 22, 2011 decision concerning the resumption of the official 5+2 negotiations on settlement of the Transnistrian conflict. According to officials, the settlement process entered a new quality phase, while the Government focuses on finding comprehensive, viable and definitive solutions through elaboration and adoption of a special legal status for the Transnistrian region as part of the Republic of Moldova.

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