Activity of the Government on February 2–14, 2009

Note by ADEPT: The list of candidates for the parliamentary elections on behalf of the Party of Communists includes the prime minister, 2 deputy prime ministers, 8 ministers and 2 deputy ministers. Under Article 13 (3) of the Election Code, ministers must suspend their service throughout the electoral campaign. The acting cabinet is made of 16 ministries and thus more than half of them will be led by deputy ministers, interims throughout the electoral campaign.

Appointments. Dismissals

Filip Lozovan was recalled as deputy director of the department for humanitarian cooperation, political and social affairs of the CIS Executive Committee, and Dumitru Prijmireanu, member of the Moldovan Parliament, was appointed to succeed him.

Decisions

Decision concerning the preparation of the second round of deposits indexation in “Banca de Economii”. Under the governmental decision, the Ministry of Finance will elaborate the indexation mechanism by April 20, 2009 and will present proposals on payment terms of indexation by September 15, 2009. S.A. “Banca de Economii” will provide information about beneficiaries of indexation and afferent amount. The Ministry of Information Development will update the list of beneficiaries (accordingly to provided data and information for the database).

Decision extending the term of the plan’s procedure for S.A. “Termocom”. According to the governmental decision, the term of the plan’s procedure is extended with three years, given the importance of S.A. Termocom for ensuring the energy security of the country.

Note by ADEPT: Under the insolvency law, the term of the plan’s procedure is established accordingly to the decision by assembly of creditors and must be maximum 3 years, but a term of up to 5 years may be set under a governmental decision, if the debtor has a vital importance for national economy. In the event the 5-year term was insufficient to finalise the plan’s procedure and the liquidation of the debtor could have a negative impact on national economy, the term may be extended up to 3 years under a governmental decision. Earlier, authorities of the Chisinau municipality, opposition parties and independent experts have described the work of S.A. “Termocom” as economically inefficient, while maintaining this enterprise in an extended insolvency procedure is regarded as a lever of economic influence on municipal authorities.

Decision on modifying the action plan for implementation of the National Development Strategy. The essence of amendments consists in changing implementation terms of actions unfulfilled in 2008.

Decisions approving some regulations:

The regulation on auctions with call and discount;
Concerning the organisation of functioning of the Curative-Sanatoria and Recovery Association;
Norms on endowment of Interior Ministry subdivisions with service transport.

Decisions approving plans, programmes:

The national action plan on employment for 2009;
The development programme of electronic industry until 2015;

The state programme on sustaining the development of small and medium businesses for 2009–2011;
The action plan on implementation of Law # 158-XVI from 4 July 2008 concerning the public function and status of public functionary in 2009.

Decision concerning the distribution of funds. It allocates 2,300,000 lei to the National Centre for the Protection of Personal Data (CPD) from funds foreseen for the implementation of the reform strategy of central public administration.

Note by ADEPT: The law concerning the protection of personal data was adopted on February 15, 2007 while the CPD was created under Law # 182-XVI from 10.07.2008, which entered into force “when adopted” and stipulated the opening of funding to the centre on January 1, 2009, but neither the Government nor the Parliament have foreseen in the state budget law for 2009 the funds needed for the functioning of this public institution, and this blocked and continues to harden its operation.

Sittings. Decisions. Statements

Key task — assisting business

Prime minister has commented on economic situation in Moldova:

The GDP has grown by 7.2 percent in 2008, so that the objective set in the “Progress and Integration” programme was successfully reached;
The economic growth will be assured in 2009, too, in spite of the imminent fall of indicators of some branches;
The key task of the executive, particularly of the economic bloc is to provide maximum assistance to the domestic economic environment, to remove any administrative obstacle on way of business development, to speed up the attraction of new investments and capitalisation of ongoing projects;
All ministers and heads of economic authorities, particularly those in charge with regulating entrepreneurship must do their best to assist the business. Each of them must open a hotline for economic agents to signal problems they face with these institutions;
Economic agents are invited to use all available ways in order to signal shortcomings.

Increased salaries for health employees

Salaries of employees of public medical-sanitary institutions participating in the mandatory health insurance system will be increased by about 22 percent starting March 1, 2009. In particular, the wage for the 1^st qualification category will be increased from 615 lei up to 750 lei and the average salary of these categories of employees will be between 2,394 and 3,809 lei. More than 342 million lei will be necessary a year to increase their salaries and these funds will be covered from means contracted by the National Health Insurance Company and other incomes of public health institutions. About 50,000 employees of public health institutions will earn higher salaries.

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