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Appointments. Dismissals

• Lawmakers have appointed the following persons as new members of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC):

  1. Mihail Busuleac on behalf of the parliamentary faction AMN
  2. Iurie Ciocan on behalf of the parliamentary faction PCRM
  3. Victor Kostetki on behalf of the parliamentary faction PCRM
  4. Vasile Gafton on behalf of the parliamentary faction PDM
  5. Nicolae Girbu on behalf of the parliamentary faction AMN
  6. Renata Lapti on behalf of the parliamentary faction PPCD
  7. Eugen Stirbu on behalf of the parliamentary faction PDM

  The chief of state appointed Valentin Vizant as CEC member, while the Government named Pavel Midrigan. Respectively, representatives of the governing and majority faction hold four out of nine existing mandates in CEC, while parliamentary opposition representatives hold another five mandates.

  To mention that lawmakers did not pass any decision on relief of CEC members who worked until appointment of new members from offices. Thus, if the former CEC members did not request to be relieved from offices, there are circumstances for the five CEC members who were not confirmed in posts to call on court, since the law under which auspices they were named ensures them a 6-year mandate till 2009.

  The CEC members elected on November 18 Eugen Stirbu as CEC chairman, Renata Lapti as deputy chairwoman and Iurie Ciocan as secretary of CEC.

• Lawmakers also appointed two entitled professors from the law faculty of the State University of Moldova as members of the Superior Council of Magistrates. Vasile Cretu was proposed by majority faction of PCRM while Boris Negru was proposed by opposition factions.

• The Parliament declared the mandate of PCRM Deputy Mihail Camerzan as vacant in connection with his appointment as Moldovan ambassador to Portugal.

Legislative documents

State budget law for 2006. Lawmakers have redistributed some sources during examination in the final reading, increasing or reducing different spending, in line with amendments proposed by parliamentary factions and lawmakers, while the basic parameters of the budget were established during voting in the second reading (9.6902 billion lei in revenues/765,4 billion USD; 10.0248 billion lei in spending/791,8 billion USD; 334.6 million lei in deficit/26,43 billion USD).

Law on modification of the Election Code. The document calls for introduction of some technical changes in the summary of provisions of the Election Code on voting and totalling of results of elections. A special procedure will be introduced for maintenance and counting of counterfoils of ballot papers, inclusion of these data in documents issued by electoral bodies. A part of amendments will take effect on January 1, 2006, since a short time is left till the November 27 new local elections.

Decision on actions for implementation of recommendations of the Council of Europe in national legislation

The decision adopted by legislature establishes the schedule of implementation of proposals from resolutions and different recommendations of the Council of Europe (CoE), including the ones adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) last October, in Moldovan legislation. The arrears will be eliminated by the mid-2006, in order to seek the withdrawal of the country from monitoring next autumn. The legislative documents, which will be modified or adopted for fulfilment of these tasks, include among others:

• The Regulation of the Parliament;
• Law on status of lawmaker in the Parliament;
• Law on parties;
• Election Code;
• Law on status of the Chisinau municipality;
• Law on special juridical status of Gagauzia;
• Legislation on independence of justice;
• Contravention Code;
• Law on freedom of religion;
• Audiovisual law;
• Law on TeleRadio-Moldova Company;
• Law on mass media;
• Law on meetings;
• Law on central public administration;
• Law on public service and status of functionaries;
• Education Code, etc.

Earlier, the Parliament had passed a decision on insurance of compatibility of draft laws of Moldova with the normative framework of the CoE. Thus, the November 18, 2994 Decision # 377-XV of the Parliament empowers the Justice Ministry to coordinate the process of examination and implementation of recommendations of CoE experts in national legislation. The same decision approves the regulation on mode of delivery of draft laws to the CoE for expertise and implementation of the CoE recommendations.

Law on establishing of indemnities for holders of state orders. The law calls for introduction of a 500-leu indemnity for retirees who hold the title of Hero of Socialist Labour and Labour Glory Order, as well as retirees who are chevaliers of the Order of the Republic.

Law on ratification of the Credit Agreement for Development between the Republic of Moldova and International Development Association (SIDA). A credit worth 8.5 million dollars is expected to be released for a 40-year period, including a 10-year grace period and a 0.75 percent share for the implementation of the Public Finance Management Project in Moldova.

Interpellations

• Lawmaker Lidia Gutu solicited the Justice Ministry to present complex information on number of unexecuted judgments and measures carried out to solve this problem. According to data, more than 40,000 judgments are not executed at present, with most of them being issued many years ago.
• AMN Deputy Alexandru Lipcan solicited the Government and governmental agent to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to report on the number of appeals of Moldovan citizens to the ECHR, list of judgments adopted by ECHR vs Moldova, and the list of persons who issued illegal decisions that served as ground for appealing of Moldovan citizens to the Strasbourg-based court.
• AMN parliamentarian Vasile Balan solicited the Central Electoral Commission and public broadcasting institutions to give explanations in connection with “the lack of interest of mass media for the November 27, 2005 local elections,” “insufficient popularization of the need of participation in elections,” and establishing of an inadequate schedule for electoral debates on TeleRadio-Moldova.

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