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Activity of the Government on February 1–14, 2011

Events of major importance

Visit to Brussels

On 9–10 February, a governmental delegation, headed by Prime Minister Vladimir Filat, paid a working visit to Brussels, Belgium. The visit included meetings with:

Statement on the case of illegal conviction of Ilie CAZAC

Moldovan Government considers that decision on sentencing Ilie Cazaz is illegal and ungrounded. It qualifies it challenging one for the fundamental human rights and in contradiction with the confidence-building spirit and measures between the two sides of Nistru. It condemns the behavior of Tiraspol administration, who dealt the case with violation of the right to qualitative legal assistance and right to a fair trail. It appeals to a convincing intervention by mediators and observers, as well as from international bodies, and the Government will further undertake all possible efforts for releasing Ilie Cazac and Ernest Vardanean, who also was previously illegally convicted by Tiraspol.

Appointments. Dismissals

Viorel Soltan is appointed as Deputy Minister of Health, replacing Octavian Grama, who previously exercised this position.

Decisions

Decision on adoption of the Governmental Plan of Activity for the first quarter of 2011. The document contains several sections:

Decision on temporary suspension of grain exports. The decision is taken to ensure food security, since lately the rhythm of food wheat exports tripled, jeopardizing the provision of population with bread.

Decisions for approval of some regulations:

Decisions on approving some draft laws:

Decision on setting out the labour immigration quota. In accordance with provisions of the Law on Labour Migration, the Government decided to approve the 2011 labour immigration quota in Moldova for 1300 persons.

Disposition on establishing a working group on the reorganization of CCECC. According to the document issued personally by the Prime Minister, in order to implement provisions of the Governmental Programme “European Integration: Freedom, Democracy, Welfare” concerning the reorganization of the Centre for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption, a Working Group is created that is headed by the Minister of Justice. The working group also includes the Secretary General of Government, CCECC Director, Deputy Minister of Economy, representatives of SCM, prosecution service and MIA. Until February 24, the Working Group should provide the Government with proposals on the transfer of CCECC powers that don’t concern the field of fighting corruption to other specialized structures, as well as with the concept of new functional and institutional framework of CCECC, taking into account the need to maintain under its competences the responsibility to fight corruption.

ADEPT Note: It is interesting to note that although it will work just for two weeks and is composed of persons recently appointed (reconfirmed) in positions, the disposition uses a standard formula, according to which: “in case of dismissal of members of the Working Group from their positions, their responsibilities within the Group shall be exercised by persons newly-appointed for these positions without issuing any other disposition of Government”.

Meetings. Decisions

Continues concern for flood victims

The meeting of the National Commission on liquidation of flood consequences approached the issue of completing the construction of houses and ensuring the proper living conditions for victims in villages Cotul Morii, Nemteni and Obileni of Hancesti district. The meeting also considered the issues related to: construction of engineering infrastructure and socio-cultural objects, ensuring the process of reviewing and reconfirming the list of allocating the houses in the village Cotul Morii, consolidation and change of use of the land-fields on which the houses and roads are built. According to provided information, out of the total of 706 houses, which are to be built by various investors, 241 houses were given in use, in 63 houses the beneficiaries already live. It is expected to give in commission in March 61 houses, and in April — 365 houses. All roads on construction sites have been paved to 100%. In areas where new houses were built, it is planned to construct engineering infrastructure and socio-cultural objects, and in order to complete these constructions 273.6 million lei will be allocated. The Prime Minister called for urgent removal of all impediments in the preparation of documents for changing the land use where the living houses are constructed, as well as for correct allocation of houses to beneficiaries.

Review meeting at MIA

Prime Minister attended the annual review meeting of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which analyzed the police activity, the level of fighting the crime and the rights and freedoms of citizens. According to the report of the Minister of Internal Affairs, the situation within the institution is unsatisfactory: ministry is still an institution of police rather than of internal affairs administration; bureaucracy and outdated mindset of some employees persist; some MIA bodies overlap in their activity; the image of police in society is weak. In the next period the management staff of the ministry will be completely reformed and a new structure of MAI will be developed. In his address, Prime Minister criticized the work of traffic police, requested explanations of non-enforcement of planned tasks and who are those who are guilty of this. Vlad Filat mentioned, in particular, that on the quality of reforms initiated in MIA largely depends the way to European integration and the obtaining of liberalized visa regime with the European Union. Filat urged the MIA leadership to take drastic measures in the fight against corruption among police officers.

Meeting of the National Commission for e-Transformation

Over 80 percent of Moldovan citizens use mobile phones and over 30 percent of the population has access to Internet. It is planned that by the year 2020 most of public services for citizens will be digitized, and the use of public services by citizens shall be higher than 50 percent, and 90 percent of open government data shall be available online. Prime Minister Vlad Filat stressed the need to coordinate and conduct some joint actions of all governmental structures in the e-Transformation process.

Reactions to PCRM statement

Spokesperson of the Prime Minister, Igor Volnitchi, held a media briefing following the recent public statements by the representatives of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) that brought accusations to Government and urged it. Volnitchi assesses the “constructivism” and alleged desire to help solve social problems, made public by the Communists as a hypocritical gesture, a defiance of common sense and a mockery to citizens, because the current state of Moldova is a direct result of Communists’ actions. In this context, several arguments have been raised, including the comparison of indicators from the last period of communist governance and the first period of democratic governance. Increasing prices is a direct result of PCRM actions, who signed with the Russian Concern Gazprom a protocol that provides for increase of prices on natural gas, including in 2011. A document developed by PCRM in 2009 provided for: dismissal of five thousand teachers; obliging teachers to work additional two hours for free; ceasing granting preferential loans; stopping indexing the public deposits in “Banca de Economii” etc.

January 17–31, 2011 February 15–28, 2011