Activity of the Government on October 16–31, 2006

Appointments. Reshuffles

The executive has appointed Viorel Melnic as Deputy Minister of Economy and Commerce. Earlier, Melnic has headed the directorate for management of customs regimes and procedures in the Customs Service.

Simion Carp was appointed Deputy Interior Minister, chief of carabineer troops. Carp headed the State Guard Directorate before appointment.

The executive has given green light to an initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration that recalls Mihail Laur from the post of Moldovan Ambassador to Ukraine and proposes successor Sergiu Stati, chairman of the parliamentary commission for foreign policy and European integration.

Decisions

Decision approving a limit of medium monthly salary on economy forecasted for 2007. The limit of the medium salary forecasted for next year is estimated at 2,015 lei (152 dollars).

Decision on creation of the Ministry of Social Protection, Family and Child. The ministry will be created to improve the situation in the field of social protection and for reformation of the system of protection of family and child. The Parliament is due to examine this draft law.

Decision on voluntary contribution of Moldova to support of activity of the Survey Centre of the Council of Europe for Local Administration Reform. The Government has decided to allocate 500 euros as voluntary contribution, while the Ministry of Finance will report on use of these sources and present justificatory documents.

Decision modifying the governmental decision approving age categories of depositors of the Savings Bank for payment of indexed amount in 2006. It establishes the indexation of deposits of persons born before and inclusively 1940 who have applied for indexation by November 1, 2006.

Decisions on allocation of finances:

the MoldovaVin Agency received 550,000 lei from the reserve fund to organise promotional manifestations during the Wine Festival in Bucharest (October 21–22);
the Ministry of Finance was obliged to allocate following amounts from and in limits of basic expenses foreseen in the 2006 state budget for refinancing of capital investments, with redistribution of allocations unused for beneficiaries and objectives this year, with further inclusion of these objectives in the annex 3 of the 2006 state budget law: 5,881,700 lei to the Government’s Apparatus for reconstruction of a building in 23 Nicolae Iorga street and 4,904,500 lei for reconstruction of a canteen in a building in 154 Stefan cel Mare avenue; 1,500,000 lei to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection for reconstruction of the 14th and 15th floors of the Republican Clinic Hospital; 950,000 lei to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry for participation in construction or purchase of dwelling place;
the state-owned enterprise Air Moldova will receive 93 million lei to purchase airships.

Sittings. Decisions. Statements

Execution of the “Moldovan Village” Programme

The Government has established in a protocol decision on execution of the national programme Moldovan Village (2005–2015) that central and local public administration authorities have taken concrete actions to resolve socio-economic problems in rural sector. As much as 204 million lei was allocated from the state budget in January-August 2006 to finance capital investments and they were executed about 56 percent. The central administrative authorities and local public administration authorities are asked to focus on: development of agriculture; facilitation of access of rural entrepreneurs to finances; enhanced role of consumption cooperation; modernisation of rural localities; stimulation of investments in rural sector; implementation of mechanisms of economic stimulation of enterprises working in rural tourism sector, etc.

Sitting of the Commission for European Integration

The prime minister has chaired a sitting of the National Commission for European Integration, which heard a report regarding the evolution of relations between Moldova and the European Union and implementation of the Moldova-EU Action Plan. The examination of the stage of elaboration of the National Justice Reform Strategy and adjustment of national legislation to the acquis communautaire was a distinct chapter. Vasile Tarlev outlined the priorities of implementation of the Action Plan: finalisation and approval of the judiciary reform strategy; delimitation of competences between the Centre for the Struggle Against Economic Crimes and Corruption, the Prosecutor-General’s Office and the Interior Ministry, in line with recommendations of the Council of Europe and EU; elaboration by the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of a concrete action plan on improvement of investment climate and creation of better conditions to attract investments; taking actions needed to obtain Autonomous Trade Preferences for Moldova. Taking part in the sitting was Cezare de Montis, head of the European Commission Delegation to Moldova.

Concerns with situation in tobacco sector

Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev has chaired a working sitting on situation in tobacco sector, which examined problems faced by tobacco growers and processors and development prospects of this sector. The premier described the activity of bodies in charge with development of this sector as unsatisfactory and warned the minister of agriculture and food industry over the need of taking urgent, pragmatic and efficient actions to recover the maximum production capacities. The director of the Agri-Industrial Agency Moldova-Tutun was reprimanded. Tarlev instructed decision makers to work out an efficient mechanism to support the development of tobacco industry, which would increase the tobacco fields, volumes of processed tobacco and would give an impulse to exports.

Modernisation of hospitals

The prime minister convoked a sitting on October 28 concerning the implementation of pilot projects on renovation and endowment of three district hospitals in Glodeni, Calarasi and Ceadir-Lunga. Vasile Tarlev criticised the execution of tasks established at last sitting on this issue and underlined that the hospitals must open in complex while repairs must not affect the quality of medical services provided to patients. The estimated total cost of repairs of the three health institutions is about 170 million lei.

Premier Tarlev has chaired a working sitting and raised dissatisfaction with delayed renovation of the block # 4 of the Emergency Clinic Hospital in Chisinau. The prime minister ordered the Agency for Construction and Territorial Development to analyse the situation jointly with competent bodies and to raise proposals on reconstruction of the block, while the Ministry of Finance was told to identify the finances needed for repairs. Tarlev recommended the Chisinau City Hall to contribute to financing of these works because this construction serves the residents of the capital, too^[1].

↑ The hospital was earlier administrated by municipality but the executive decided in 2003 to create the emergency health assistance service and this institution was transferred under control of the Health Ministry, a move that developed into a conflict with local public administration and protests of medical personnel of the institution.

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