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Activity of the Government on October 1–31, 2010

Events of major importance

Government approved the list of polling stations proposed to be established abroad for the parliamentary elections of 28th of November 2010. Overall, it is planned to open 75 polling stations abroad, 35 within diplomatic missions and 40 outside of the diplomatic missions. The number and locations of the polling stations were established according to the agreements with the authorities of those states, and most of the stations shall be established in Italy (16), USA (8) and Romania (7).

Appointments. Dismissals

Iurie Brumărel is appointed as Executive Director of the Public Institution “Consolidated Unit for the implementation and monitoring of the wine sector restructuring program”.

Decisions

Decision on providing identity cards to persons who have suffered from the summer floods in 2010. In order to support the people who have suffered from the floods, the Government has decided to issue identity cards free of charge, at the request of affected citizens, who have permanent residence in those localities. The facility will be given once, and the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications shall ensure its enforcement, based on the confirmations issued by local authorities. The costs for implementing the decision will be covered by the net profit obtained during the reported year by the State Enterprise “State Information Resource Centre REGISTRU” that is designed for the breakdown into the state budget. Subject to facilitations are the inhabitants of the villages: Nemţeni, Obileni and Cotul Morii from Hînceşti district; Ghioltosu, Ţiganca and Goteşti from Cantemir district; and Talmaza from Ştefan Vodă district.

Decision on creation of a Public Institution. Thereby it was decided to create the Public Institution “Consolidated Unit for the implementation and monitoring of the wine sector restructuring program” under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry; its Regulation and nominal composition of the Supervisory Board are approved.

Decision on creation of the Armed Forces Military Academy “Alexandru cel Bun”. According to the document, starting with 1st of November 2010 the Armed Forces Military Academy “Alexandru cel Bun” is created on the basis of the Armed Forces Military Institute “Alexandru cel Bun”, with the status of state public institution of higher education under the Ministry of Defence. The Military Academy shall carry out higher education activities, accomplished through programs of university graduate studies, master university studies and post-university doctoral studies, within the accredited areas and specializations, as well as other forms of education, training and specialization. The enrolment shall be fulfilled for the Defence Ministry, Border Guard Service and Carabineer Troops Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The document also stipulates that teaching officers of the Military Academy shall receive a salary increase in the amount of 25 percent from the salaries of corresponding functions.

Decision on building sculptural composition in memory of victims of deportations during the communist regime. The decision accepts the proposal made by the Ministry of Culture, presented following the decision of the Chisinau Municipal Council on building in the square in front of the Chisinau Railway Station a sculptural composition in memory of victims of deportations during the communist regime. The Government has not allocated funds for the enforcement of this decision, recommending the Chisinau City Hall to bear the costs for design, execution and installation of the sculptural composition.

Decision on the liquidation of a state enterprise. Following the approved document, it is decided to liquidate the S.E. Moldovan Village “Buciumul” as being unprofitable and inefficiently managed.

ADEPT Note: The activity of the enterprise in question has previously been the subject of journalistic investigation and of the Court of Accounts’ controls, which have pointed to the abuses and irregularities accepted by the administration of the company, about ungrounded budget funding, failure to present financial reports, mismanagement of assets etc. Once in 2007 the new leadership of Chisinau City Hall was elected, the Government abusively intervened in order to take over this municipal property and allocate it to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Decisions on approval of regulations:

Decisions for approval of some strategies, concepts and programs:

Decisions on allocating funds:

Decisions. Meetings. Statements

Notifications to the Constitutional Court

In October the Government has repeatedly addressed the interpretation of constitutional provisions implemented during the campaign and asked the Constitutional Court on the issue of constitutionality of Article 13 of the Electoral Code.

ADEPT Note: Initially, a signed application requested to check the constitutionality of the provisions of Article 13 par.(3) let.a) of the Electoral Code in the context of the provisions of Article 96, 102 and 103 of the Constitution. According to the Prime Minister, the legal norm which imposes an obligation to suspend from office the members of Government is contrary to the provisions of Article 103 of the Constitution which establishes the principle of continuity of Government’s power, which must exercise its mandate unless the new Government is established. It was also mentioned that the obligation of the member of Government to suspend their positions may deprive the Government (in the absence of the quorum required by law) from the right to adopt decisions, which are the main instrument of Government in the law enforcement process and in the general public administration, and therefore may make it impossible for the Government to ensure, during the electoral campaign, the uninterrupted pursuit of the mandate, which would prejudice the Article 96, 102 and 103 of the Constitution. On 21st of October the Constitutional Court decided to cease the examination of that notification, based on procedural, formal grounds — as the notification to the Constitutional Court should be a decision assumed by the whole Government, and adopted under the established procedure. At the same time the received notification was signed only by the Prime Minister on his own behalf and has not been approved through a Government decision, adopted in a governmental meeting. On 28th of October the Government adopted the Decision approving the notification on constitutionality of Article 13 par.(3) let.a) of the Electoral Code, and the notification shall be examined by the Constitutional Court according to established procedure.

Meeting of the Governmental Commission for European Integration

During the meeting the issues tackled related to the dialogue on liberalization of visa regime, liberalization of air services, advisory work of the EU Mission in the area of public policies for the Republic of Moldova. The Commission approved the Moldovan Action Plan — Priorities for Reform in the area of European integration until June 2011, which contains measures to be accomplished in the context of approaching the EU. The Prime Minister Vlad Filat urged all members of the Governmental Commission for European Integration to make their best in order to implement the recommendations related to the liberalization of visa regime.

Meeting of the National Commission for liquidation of flood consequences

Prime Minister Vlad Filat chaired the meeting of the Commission, which discussed the issues concerning the enforcement of decisions regarding the construction and purchase of houses for flood victims, financial compensation for people who suffered from the floods of this summer. The Government offered three compensation options for victims: construction of a new house; purchase of an existing house; payment the cost of the lost house, and the Commission found that 706 families have opted for the construction of new houses, 72 — for purchasing other houses, and 16 — for getting the cost of the lost house. According to a decision of the Commission, 163 owners whose land was used for construction sites of victims’ houses in Cotul Morii and Nemţeni shall receive as compensation 912 thousand lei by total for the lost agricultural production. According to the Commission’s decision, 5974 farmers, who have lost their crops due to the floods from a total area of 5289 hectares, shall receive compensations in the amount of 1000 lei per hectare, the total value being 5.289 million lei, which is just the first instalment of compensations in this regard, and further decisions shall be adopted. Prime Minister was confident that victims will be provided with housing by the winter, and the first houses shall be provided starting with November 2, and those 72 families who had requested the purchase of existing houses shall be fully provided with houses by November 10.

Meeting with IPA representatives

Prime Minister met with representatives of a number of newspapers, members of the Independent Press Association (IPA). The journalists informed the Executive Chief about the problems faced for many years in their relations with “Poşta Moldovei” (Moldovan Post Service): — lack of transparency within the activity of this institution; — defective access to the tariff adjustment decisions and to the reasons for such decisions; — the reluctance of this institution to have a permanent communication with the media. Prime Minister Vlad Filat said that he knows well the working conditions of Moldovan media and mentioned that Government tries to support its development and recently approved a draft law on advertising fee applied by local authorities, the enforcement of which would be of a real support for periodicals. Prime Minister proposed to IPA and “Poşta Moldovei” representatives to find a compromise solution to be presented to the Executive, in order to take the appropriate decisions. The parties were urged to establish a permanent dialogue, and the management of “Poşta Moldovei” was requested to provide the journalists with the information they demand, including the annual balances.

Statement on Resolution of European Parliament

Moldovan Government has issued a Statement whereby it highly appreciates the Resolution of European Parliament of October 21, 2010 on the accomplished reforms and developments in the Republic of Moldova. The document issued by the Government states that recognition given by the European Legislative to the progress made by Moldova during the last year confirms that Alliance for European Integration has succeeded in a short time to launch reforms that open the country’s pathway towards the EU, whereby honouring its commitments towards Moldovan citizens. Moldovan Government remains firmly committed to further promoting democratic reforms in the country, ensuring political stability and economic prosperity in the country and the European Integration of the Republic of Moldova.

Statement on possible changes in consumer payment system for JSC “Termocom” services

Prime Minister signed a statement whereby mentioning that, due to the discussion about possible changes in consumer payment system for JSC “Termocom” services and possible coercion of consumers connected to independent heating sources to pay a certain percentage of services provided by this company, some clarifications are necessary:

ADEPT Note: Discussions about the increase of payments for consumers who have installed self-heating systems have been generated when the Ministry of Economy started to promote a draft decision of Government (on amending and supplementing the Governmental Decision no. 191 of February 19, 2002 (Regulation on providing and paying for housing services, public and non-public utilities for the housing stock, metering within apartments and conditions of disconnection from / reconnection to heating systems and water supply), a draft that was published for the public consultation on the website of the Ministry of Economy on October 6, 2010RO.

During October the Prime Minister Vlad Filat regularly visited (weekly and bi-weekly) the construction sites in Hînceşti district, where he held working meetings, got informed about the current situation and needs. Prime Minister participated in various public events, and among the most important are the following:

February 15–28, 2010 November 1–14, 2010