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Activity of the Government on December 1–31, 2008

Appointments. Dismissals

Ghenadie Cosovan was appointed deputy minister of interior. Previously, he has headed the operative service department of the Ministry of Interior.

Valeriu Mironescu was assigned chief inspector of the State General Inspectorate on Phytosanitary Supervision and Seed Control. Previously, Mironescu was director-general of the Agroindustrial Agency “Moldova-Vin” and he was relieved from office “upon own demand”.

Gheorghe Rata was assigned head of the Ungheni territorial administrative control directorate of the Ministry of Local Public Administration.

Alexei Virlan was relieved from the office of deputy minister of transport and road management, as the ministry was dissolved.

Note by ADEPT: The Ministry of Transport and Road Management was dissolved under Law # 162-XVI from 09.07.2008 and the Government should take all necessary actions by the end of October 2008.

Andrei Pogurschi was assigned general director of the Sports Agency. Previously, Pogurshi was a deputy minister of interior.

Victor Coada was appointed general director of the Main State Tax Inspectorate. Previously, Coada headed a direction within the Control and Inspection Department of the Centre for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption.

Decisions

Decision approving the regulation on signalling and monitoring of corruption rate within public authorities. According to the approved mechanism, participating in the signalling procedure will be: the monitored institution, monitor (a scientific institution, sociological agency or specialised NGO), public functionaries, and people. The signalling procedure will be internal and external and will develop the following way: employees of the institution concerned or beneficiaries of its services will anonymously fill up some reporting forms and the confidentiality will be respected. Under new regulations, reporting forms will be printed and special boxes will be installed for this purpose. Starting 2010, the mechanism will be implemented in all central public administration authorities and their territorial subdivisions.

Decisions approving some regulations:

Decision concerning the information service of financial reports advising the National Bureau of Statistics. The opening of this service is argued through the implementation of the accounting law; the new structure in charge with collecting and processing reports will have 56 employees, of them 40 will work in 2nd-level territorial administrative units.

Decision concerning working days and days-off in January-March 2009. The Government has declared January 2, 5, 6 and 9, 2009 days off, so that the winter holidays will cover the period from the 1st of January to the 11th of January 2009, while January 17 and 31, February 21 and March 14 will be working days.

Decisions approving some plans, strategies, programmes:

Decisions approving some draft laws:

Sittings. Decisions. Statements

Governing not willing to depoliticise the function of Moldovan President

The Government has turned down a legislative initiative on incompatibility of the quality of chief of state and membership to a certain party, alleging that it restricts the constitutional rights of people to freely join parties and participate in their activity. The executive considers that the chief of state must respect the Constitution and laws of the country, protect democracy, human rights and freedoms, which means to be equidistant with political parties and all citizens, “excluding the legal possibility to promote partially the interests of a certain party.”

Note by ADEPT: It is worth noting that the Government did not comment the situation of other public servants whose membership to a party is prohibited by law, and did not provide arguments in favour of such a differentiated treatment of public servants.

Funding agreements with EU

Three funding agreements have been signed in the context of the European Partnership and Neighbourhood Instrument, in particular concerning 1) the co-funding of the project on renovation of the Republican Clinical Hospital; 2) renovation of roads; 3) implementation of the joint operational programme Republic of Moldova — Romania — Ukraine 2007–2013. Grants worth 3 million Euro and 12 million Euro will be released for components 1 and 2, while the overall budget of the joint operational programme Republic of Moldova — Romania — Ukraine 2007–2013 is 137.4 million Euro. The funds will go to local public authorities, public associations, universities, research institutions, etc., which will contribute to the project with a 10-percent co-financing.

New calls upon bankers

Like her predecessor in the post of prime minister, Zinaida Greceanii has invited the bank community “to sustain the real sector of economy.” During a meeting with members of the Association of Moldovan Banks the prime minister has reported macroeconomic factors, which would create conditions for the banking sector should they develop. But the premier was astonished that some commercial banks keep raising the interest rates on credits, affecting the economic stability this way. She called upon the banking system to sustain the real sector of economy, which faces difficulties to accede to funding.

Meetings with trade unions and employers

The prime minister has met representatives of the National Confederation of Trade Unions of Moldova in a broad format, with talks focussing on the need to impel efforts of the tripartite commission on labour and social-economic matters. It was noted the importance of jointly examining drafts and initiatives relating to economic and social reforms, particularly on social protection, and jointly settling collective work conflicts at national level, optimising the system of negotiations and social partnership. Trade unionists appreciated the Government’s work, but raised concern with possible consequences of the financial crisis on Moldova, being sure that the resolution of these problems requires a complex approach and participation of all competent factors. The premier noted that Government’s actions that helped reduce inflation and increase the GDP by the end of the year have also created conditions to consider opportunities for raising salaries and social indemnities, “but populist declarations in this regard shall be avoided.”

At the meeting with members of the National Confederation of Moldovan Employers (CNPM) the prime minister has summarised Government’s social-economic actions and stressed that the real sector of economy has already experienced consequences of the world economy and 2009 could be more difficult in this respect. By stressing the importance of consolidating efforts in this situation, Premier Zinaida Greceanii reiterated the intention of her cabinet to focus on ensuring the social-economic stability, particularly in connection with the forthcoming parliamentary elections. CNPM representatives remarked among accomplishments of 2008 the promotion of legislative modification on remuneration and the organisation of meetings with Government members, at which they raised proposals and their initiatives were considered when governing policies were worked out. Representatives of sectoral employers asked the prime minister to order the mandatory coordination of draft legislative and normative acts on social-economic issues with employers at ministerial level. The premier assured that such a draft order is available and it will be signed shortly, promising that the execution of this order will be monitored rigorously but the cooperation shall be based on reciprocity principles.

Press conference by prime minister

Zinaida Greceanii held a press conference on December 16 and reported the activity of her cabinet for 2008. She talked about economic aspects, external activities and achievement of key indicators of the Government’s Action Plan. In particular, Mrs. Greceanii emphasised that the GDP has grown by 7.6 percent in January-September 2008; the inflation rate for 12 months was 16.9 percent in May and it declined below 10 percent for the first time in November, down to 8.5 percent; foreign direct investments have grown by more than 70 percent in the first semester and they exceeded 2.2 billion dollars; the inflation rate has decreased from 5.1 percent in the 3rd quarter of 2007 down to 3.6 percent in 2008, with job seekers counting for about 48,700 people and 38,800 job seekers were registered with employment offices; the national currency has grown by 9.0 percent versus USD and by 24.0 percent versus Euro in nominal terms; the National Bank of Moldova operated net purchases of foreign currency worth 222 million dollars on interbank monetary market in January-November 2008; foreign currency reserve assets amounted to 1.6 billion dollars in late November 2008; the evolution of the trade balance continue to raise concern, with its deficit reaching 2.7 billion dollars in January-October 2008, up by about 900 million dollars compared with the similar period of 2007.

November 16–30, 2008 January 1–18, 2009