Activity of the Government on August 2–31, 2008

Appointments. Dismissals

Ion Munteanu was appointed Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism.

Iurie Ursu was assigned Deputy Director of the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology for a 4-year term.

Decisions

Note: Although no governmental holiday was announced on August 1–25, the agenda of Government sittings was not made public. Just on August 25, the agenda for the same day was published on the Government’s website.

Decisions approving the structure and regulations of certain central public authorities:

The regulation, structure and maximum personnel of the central apparatus of the Ministry of Education and Youth;
The regulation on organisation and functioning, structure and maximum personnel of the Ministry of Construction and Territorial Development.

Decisions approving higher tariffs and taxes:

For basic postal services provided by the State Enterprise Posta Moldovei and its branches;
Education fees of the State Medical and Pharmaceutical University “Nicolae Testemitanu” (specialities “dentistry” and “pharmacy”).

Decisions approving draft laws:

Concerning the authorisation and payment of interpreters and translators of the Superior Council of Magistracy, Ministry of Justice, prosecution bodies, criminal investigation bodies, law courts, notaries, lawyers and judicial executors;
Concerning the modification and completion of some legislative acts (to exempt from income taxes the economic agencies which will build and renovate homes for flood victims).

Decision on allocation of funds to remedy consequences of floods. The Government has allocated 15 million lei to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry from the special account for the assistance of victims of natural disasters. The cabinet of ministers decided to allocate the material assistance to people who suffered losses as their adjacent plots were flooded. A compensation of 10,000 lei per hectare will be paid to about 5,400 families for approximately 1,530 hectares of fields.

Decisions approving some regulations:

The Regulation on revenue calculation methodology with the purpose of providing qualified state-guaranteed legal assistance;
The Regulation on installation, operation, management, maintenance and/or destruction of electronic communication networks at the state border of the Republic of Moldova.

Decision on boosting tourism development in rural areas. A Republican Council for Promotion of Rural Tourism was established, its members and functioning regulation were approved. The concerned ministries will report to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism the implementation of the Rural Tourism Development Action Plan every semester.

Sittings. Decisions. Statements

Sitting of the Emergency Situation Commission

Prime minister has ordered at sitting the housing by November 10 of all families who became homeless after the late-June floods and the renovation of all homes from the out-of-risk area which were not seriously damaged by floods. The sitting examined aspects related to the construction of homes for floods victims and estimated losses suffered by agriculture after about 6,500 hectares of farm land were flooded. Prime minister stressed the necessity to encourage the functioning of the housing system, instructing the Ministry of Economy and Trade and the National Commission of Financial Market to elaborate a mechanism which would regulate responsibilities in case of failure to prevent specific risks.

Commission for elaboration of the National Security Strategy

Prime minister has chaired a sitting of the commission for elaboration of the National Security Strategy of Moldova, which examined the draft national security strategy and the related Action Plan. The strategy will be a basis for working out the Military Strategy, the Public Information Strategy on national security issues and other sectoral strategies on national security.

Appeal by MEY College to teachers

In order to prevent the planned protests by teachers and education unions, the College of the Ministry of Education and Youth has released an appeal recalling recent natural disasters and huge losses suffered by many families affected by floods, and by country in general. Members of the MEY College consider that even if teachers deserve higher salaries, but they will take into account the human and professional consciousness, feeling of civil responsibility and will not give green light to initiatives to block the beginning of the school year and educational process. The College noted that the salary problem cannot be resolved by protests, but rather by negotiating on the basis of a pertinent analysis of the situation, continuing ongoing negotiations and a final decision will be made after a definitive estimation of flood-related losses.

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