Activity of the Government on November 16–30, 2009

Appointments. Dismissals

Andrei Popov, Parliament member (PDM faction), was assigned deputy minister of foreign affairs and European integration;
Victor Barbaneagra was nominated deputy minister of finance;
Sergiu Ciobanu and Ilarion Popa were appointed deputy ministers of economy;
Lucia Spoiala was nominated director of the National Bureau of Statistics;
Vasile Grama was appointed director of the Agency for Land Relations and Cadastre;
Ludmila Dumitras was assigned director of the Tourism Agency;
Ion Apostol and Corneliu Mirza were nominated deputy ministers of environment;
Tatiana Potinga and Loreta Handrabura were appointed deputy ministers of education;
Gheorghe Postica was assigned deputy minister of culture;
Ana Vasilachi and Vadim Pistrinciuc were nominated deputy ministers of labour, social protection and family;
Mihai Magdei and Gheorghe Turcan were appointed deputy ministers of health;
Nicolae Andronache and Oleg Tulea were assigned deputy ministers of youth and sport;
Dona Scola was nominated deputy minister of information technologies and communication;
Eduard Banaruc was appointed deputy state minister;
Gheorghe Arpentin, Stefan Chitoroaga and Vasile Bumacov were assigned deputy ministers of agriculture and food industry;
Dumitru Ursachi was nominated deputy interior minister;
Gheorghe Susarenco was appointed deputy minister of justice.

The Government has relieved from officesthe following public servants:

Nicolae Esanu (deputy minister of justice);
Galina Bulat (deputy minister of education);
Ion Munteanu (deputy minister of culture);
Oleg Lozan (deputy minister of health);
Vladimir Golovatiuc (director-general of the National Bureau of Statistics).

Decisions

Decision approving the economic stabilisation and recovery programme for 2009–2011. The document focusses on three priorities: stabilising and optimising public funds; redressing economic activities; ensuring an efficient social protection. It foresees higher excise taxes for luxury cars, cigarettes and spirits; higher income taxes on gambling gains; lighter administrative and fiscal burden for business development; facilitated access for entrepreneurs to funds to start up and develop business and stimulated public and private investments. Costs of anti-crisis actions stipulated by the programme are estimated at about 10 billion lei.

Decision concerning the Small Border Traffic Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Moldova and the Government of Romania. It approves the agreement signed in Bucharest on November 13, 2009, and MFAEI jointly with the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communication and Border Guard Service will take necessary measures to enforce the Agreement.

Decision concerning working days and days-off for December 2009 and January-March 2010. Under the decision, December 25, 2009, and January 4–6, 2010 are days-off, and Saturdays of December 19, 2009, January 16, 2010, February 13, 2010 and March 13, 2010 are working days.

Decision approving the quantum of average monthly wage on economy forecasted for 2010. The forecasted quantum is 2,950 lei.

Sittings. Decisions

Selection of members of the National Council for Participation

The Government has proposed the establishing of the National Council for Participation to consult civil society, business environment and academia in the process of drafting, enforcing, monitoring, assessing and updating of strategic planning policies of the country. The National Council for Participation will function under auspices of Prime Minister and will focus on two components: the participation in drafting, monitoring and assessing of national policies; the building of an advisory institutional framework at level of central public authorities.

Note by ADEPT: A similar council was set up on summer 2008, but its functioning was suspended.

Totals of visit to Bucharest

Prime minister has reported:

He attended the Summit of the Heads of Government of the Central European Initiative (CEI) Member States;
He had bilateral meetings with heads of the Czech and Polish delegations, President of the European Investment Bank and President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, within the CEI Summit;
Within the working visit after the CEI Summit he had bilateral meetings with President of Romania, Chairperson of the Romanian Senate, Chairperson of the Chamber of Deputies and incumbent Prime Minister of Romania;
He had meetings with Moldovan students from Romania, foreign businessmen and investors;
The Small Border Traffic Agreement between Governments of Romanian and Republic of Moldova was signed. Following documents were signed at level of foreign ministers: the Agreement between Governments of Romania and Republic of Moldova concerning border crossing stations at the Romania-Moldova state border; the protocol on amendment of the mutual investment promotion and protection agreement between Governments of Romania and Republic of Moldova;
It was decided within the visit: to resume talks at level of experts with the view to sign basic and border agreements/treaties between Republic of Moldova and Romania, organise joint sittings of Moldovan and Romanian Governments (eventually twice a year), open Romanian consulates in Balti and Cahul and a Moldovan consulate in Iasi as soon as possible, arranging and (re)opening other bridges over Proute destroyed during World War II.

Situation of winemaking and vine growing businesses

The Government-hosted sitting focussed on situation in the vine growing and winemaking sector, existing problems and necessary solutions. The participants noted that most serious problems are related to stocks of wines, lack of markets and debts towards commercial banks. Prime minister reported Government’s efforts in this area: cancellation of the state trademark for vine exports; approach of export-related issues with Ukrainian and Russian premiers etc.

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