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The Government has proposed to recall Moldovan Ambassador to Romania Victor Zlacevschi. Zlacevschi was elected lawmaker in 1994–1998 as part of the Yedinstvo bloc, while in 1999–2001 he represented the parliamentary faction of the Moldovan Party of Communists. His appointment as ambassador to Romania in early 2004 was commented in contradictory because Zlacevschi did not have diplomatic education and experience needed by a representative to a country bidding for integration in the European Union and ready to maintain special relations with the Republic of Moldova.

Sittings. Decisions

• A working sitting convoked by prime minister focussed on the implementation of the “National Strategy on Building of Information Society Electronic Moldova”. Vasile Tarlev has solicited an urgent accomplishment of some components, especially of the “E-government” subchapter. It is worth to mention that the action plan on implementation of the strategy stipulated the finalisation of several actions by late 2005, including:
  • the elaboration of a draft law on electronic communications in compliance with the new regulation framework of the European Union;
  • the elaboration of the draft law on combat of frauds through electronic means;
  • the improvement of legislative-normative framework on conditions of activity of foreign and domestic investors in IT sector;
  • the updating of the education law through introduction of the title on remote education;
  • the creation of the Centre of Information Technologies and Communications in Education;
  • the elaboration of the legislative-normative framework on creation and functioning of online scientific libraries;
  • the elaboration and approval of programmes on information of cultural institutions at all levels with the purpose to create a single information-cultural area;
  • the creation of an e-culture centre in the Ministry of Culture, etc.
  The “Electronic Moldova” strategy adopted in early 2005 aims to create information systems capable to assist processes of economic, political, administrative and social reform in Moldova. It must be synchronized with the implementation of EGPRSP and the national programme “Moldovan Village”.

• The premier has discussed the problem regarding construction of housing for central public administration functionaries with a number of decision-making officials. Motivating that “the insurance of functionaries with dwelling places was neglected starting the 1990s and this thing has a negative influence on activity of the executive,” the prime minister ordered the urgent elaboration of solutions in the field through construction of service residences and housing on basis of mortgage principles. A communication released on this occasion does not establish if the residences will be offered to functionaries for free or for pay and it should be noted that the national dwelling concept (approved through the August 5, 1994 Decision # 594 of the Government) and the housing market strategy (approved through the May 10, 1999 Decision # 416 of the Government) stipulates that the Republic of Moldova:
  • will pass from the principle of distribution of residences for free to the principle of their sale on housing market;
  • will change the role of the state in the field through transfer from the function of direct offeror of residences to the role of regulator of dwelling problem, that means of creation of conditions so that the private and cooperative sectors be in interdependence until appearance of the need of state’s intervention with the purpose to protect socially vulnerable categories of population in the measure allowed by its means.

Decisions

• The Government has approved the nomenclature of paid-for services of institutions subordinated to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The document establishes the mode of collection and administration of special means raised by libraries, museums and other cultural institutions. The pay-for services will include among others:
  • ticket for museum (1–3 lei per person);
  • services of guide (from 50 up to 100 lei per group of visitors);
  • taking photos from exhibits (from 10 up to 150 lei);
  • expertise of a museum-related object (from 40 up to 195 lei);
  • use of the Internet in libraries (5 lei per hour);
  • violation of deadline for return of the borrowed object (penalty of 0.5 lei per day).
  The chief of the executive had earlier criticized the draft aimed to regulate this sector, and he ordered its withdrawal and improvement in a move to exclude several taxes and to establish the necessary fees in a reasonable size, by taking into account the economic possibilities of users of these services.

• The executive has proposed a 15-fold reduction of the real estate tax. This decision was approved after the evaluation of real estate in Moldova was completed and in connection with their planned taxation on basis of real market price. This decision determines a considerable rise of the size of tax that the owners of real estate will pay, and the Government wants to reduce the negative impact on taxpayers through its decision. Respectively, a 0.02-percent tax is proposed for the Chisinau municipality starting January 1, 2006, instead of the 0.3-percent tax. This way, the authorities will avoid the dissatisfaction of needier categories of population and will raise additional incomes from real estate sale-purchase transactions in which the subjects will have to indicate the real price, not the balance price, in line with cadastral estimation. In this context, however, the idea promoted by authorities, which calls for gradual implementation of the new taxation method, excluding the private houses worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Chisinau municipality from the first stage, is less explicable in this context.

• The Government approved a draft law on November 23, which calls for amendment of the state budget law for this year, increasing the budgetary revenues by 461 million lei and spending by 275 million lei. This rise is ensured from additional incomes for VAT for importation (330 million lei) and excises (110 million lei). The main included spending envisages complete investments (102 million lei), purchase of trolleys and buses for the Chisinau municipality (100 million lei). Also, the draft proposes the allocation of 246 million lei for implementation of the law on salaries of dignitaries and public functionaries in 2006. The state budget for 2005 will increase by over one billion lei together with the rise established last April, compared to the initial figures. It should be mentioned that many opposition parliamentarians indicated the existence of some internal reserves in the proposed budget when the draft budget law for 2005 was examined, and solicited the rise of incomes at the very beginning, but the parliamentary majority turned down this initiative including because of the forthcoming parliamentary elections, whose results were not completely predictable. The Parliament is to adopt this draft by late December, while the delaying of enactment of amendments may create difficulties for spending of some sources, especially of capital investments.

• Under a draft law worked out by Government, the foreign citizens and stateless people will be recorded through their introduction in the state register of population. Thus, the Border Guard Service will automatically register the foreign citizen for a 90-day term once he enters Moldova. At present, any foreigner who enters Moldova for a 90-day term has to get registered with territorial offices for record and documentation of population within three days after arrival. The effective provisions always represent a ground for applying of sanctions and fines against foreign citizens; allow the police, persons in charge with record of population and Border Guard Service to misuse authority. The public opinion tackles this problem for quite a long time, but the Government has decided to take some actions only after the chief of state said in an interview that the record of foreigners is one of the most corrupt activities of state bodies of Moldova.

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