Activity of the Government on October 1–31, 2008

Appointments. Dismissals

Viorel Dandara was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance. Previously, Mr. Dandara was deputy chairman of the Main State Tax Inspectorate.

Vasile Ursu, former-Minister of Transport and Road Management was appointed Deputy Minister of Construction and Teritorial Development.

Mihai Lupu was assigned director-general of the Drug Agency.

The Governemnt appointed Petru Railean, President of the Economic Appeal Court, Judge to the Constitutional Court for a six-year term.

Alexandru Gisca was appointed Advisor to the Deputy Prime-minister Valentin Mejinschi.

Viorel Zabolotnic was relieved from the office of adviser for deputy prime minister upon his demand.

Mrs. Ghene Jalalite was relieved from the office of director-general of the State Production Association for Geological Explorations AgeoM upon her demand.

The Government has proposed the recalling of Sergiu Stati as Moldovan ambassador to Ukraine and the appointment of Nicolae Gumenii, former director of the Government Apparatus, to succeed him.

Sergiu Tatarov was relieved from the office of Deputy Minister of local public administration “upon his demand”.

Valeriu Balaban was transferred to the office of Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister Valentin Mejinschi. Previously, Balaban was advisor to the Moldovan president in charge with special missions and coordination of external assistance.

Decisions

Decisions approving some draft laws:

Concerning the mandatory health insurance funds for 2009;
Concerning the state social insurance budget for 2009;
Concerning the status of Chisinau municipality;
On completion of the Fiscal Code (introduction of fiscal mediation for extrajudicial resolution of congflicts among tax payers and fiscal bodies).

The decision approving the regulation on establishing the social assistance. The document will ensure the implementation of the recently enforced law on social aid, which reportedly aims to provide monthly minimum guaranteed revenue to disadvantaged families by granting a social aid established accordingly to the overall medium revenue of every family and its need in social assistance.

The decision on the Civil Council concerning the monitoring of the Centre for Combating Economic Crime and Corruption. It approves the regulations on organising the appointment contests within the Civil Council and the Council’s regulations, which will be made of 9 representatives of civil society.

Decision concerning the rise of indemnities for orphan schoolchildren and students. At the initiative of Moldovan president, indemnities and material assistance for orphan schoolchildren and students, as well as those under fosterage or trusteeship will be increased on October 1, 2009 and January 1, 2009, accordingly. The single indemnity for clothes and footwear granted to orphan children at the beginning of school year will be raised up to 3,000 lei, and the material aid provided at the end of the academic year up to 1,000 lei. The indemnity for graduation from a pre-university institution will be raised tenfold, up to 5,000 lei, while the indemnity for graduation from professional education of all levels will be increased 20-fold, up to 10,000 lei. The monthly rent allocation will be 500 lei, and the indemnity for teaching materials and hygienic products will be 250 lei a month. Two new single indemnities will be introduced for researches and printing the bachelor’s degree work, as well as for issuance of passports for orphan schoolchildren and students delegated for education abroad. Overall, about 3,000 children and youths will be paid indemnities and 23.5 million lei is foreseen in budgetary expenses for this purpose for 2009

The decision on formation of the Sanitary-Veterinary Agency. The document approved by the Government stipulates the formation of the Sanitary-Veterinary Agency for Security of Animal Products through reorganisation of the State Veterinary Inspectorate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry and merger with territorial state veterinary services and State Veterinary Service for Border and Transport. The number of employees of the state sanitary-veterinary service is expected to be cut by 1,786 persons after the reorganisation.

Decision on reorganisation of some subdivisions of the Interior Ministry. Under modifications operated by Government:

The fraud investigation directorate of the Interior Ministry and territorial services of this directorate will go out of service and 180 employees of the Interior Ministry will be relieved from offices;
A new directorate for the protection of witnesses will be created within the ministry; it will have 20 units in the limit of existing personnel;
The Cahul transport police section (with 24 units) will be created within the transport police department to maintain the rule of law and accompany trains on the Cahul-Giurgiulesti railway;
The Traffic Police Directorate becomes a distinct structure within the Interior Ministry.

Decision on providing free housing to the young specialists assigned and employed in public institutions from rural areas. A regulation concerning the housing and the regulation on the coordination of these activities have been approved. The Ministry of Local Public Administration will set in order the funds and the Ministry of Education and Youth will have to annually provide the first with information about the number of graduates assigned to local areas.

Note by ADEPT: This decision does not provide a preliminary estimate of the number of beneficiaries, it lacks an economic argumentation and estimate of funds needed for the implementation, but the Ministry of Finance is in charge with finding the necessary funds.

Decision approving the disciplinary statute of the State Protection and Guard Service. The statute was approved to execute Law #134-XVI from 13.06.2008 concerning the State Protection and Guard Service.

Decision on auctioning some fields of the Defence Ministry. Under the decision, more than 16 hectares of land administrated by the Defence Ministry will be put on sale. The raised funds will be spent to house the military of the National Army. According to data of the Defence Ministry, about 550 employees of the National Army need housing.

Sittings. Decisions. Statements

New resources to Eugen Ionesco Theatre building

Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii has promised after visiting the theatre building that the cabinet of ministers will fund the renovation works and the amount will be estimated after the project is drawn up. She noted that the concept of the theatre is being draw up, and designing works will be further performed to adapt the building to necessities of a modern theatrical institution.

Customs facilities for residents of areas adjacent to the Transnistrian region

Norms on circulation of individuals and own crops grown on agricultural fields through internal customs stations have been modified. The mode to calculate taxes and fees, value of commodities carried through internal customs stations will be modified as well.

Storage of the wheat reserve

The Agency for Material Reserves, Public Procurements and Humanitarian Aid have bought 50,000 tons of food grains for the state reserve, which will fully ensure the food security of the country. The state reserve will be also completed with grains from debts of economic agents and reserves of the last year, so that it will be raised up to more than 70,000 tons of food grains. The grains where purchased in exchange for 3,000–3,500 lei a ton, which is by 16 percent more than prices offered by neighbouring countries and international exchanges.

Estimates regarding the reduction of poverty rate

According to a research on key indicators of poverty in 2007 worked out by the Ministry of Economy and Trade jointly with the National Bureau of Statistics, the number of poor people has decreased by more than 16,000 persons compared with 2006, with the absolute poverty rate being 839.3 lei, compared with 747.4 lei in 2006.

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