Activity of the Parliament on March 5–18, 2007

Appointments

Deputy Gheorghe Musteata was excluded from the Party of Communists of Moldova (PCRM). Musteata became lawmaker in April 2005 and he was the first secretary of the Soldanesti district party committee. It was not explained why he was excluded from PCRM.

Legal acts

Law on auditing. The law establishes a legal framework on activity of auditing societies, individual auditors and regulates the exercising of profession of auditor by competent persons. The new regulation fits the international and community standards in the field and it was worked out with the participation of representatives of institutions concerned.

Law on activity of clerks of law courts. The document is part of a package of acts on judicial reform and commitments toward the Council of Europe and it aims to regulate the status, activity and competences of clerks in civil and criminal cases as assistants of magistrates.

Law on conversion of debts of the Chisinau-based stock society Crop Products Enterprise into shares. The law stipulates the conversion of old debts in the amount of 6,976,149 lei of the enterprise toward the state budget and 54,684,600 lei toward the Ministry of Finance for credits from foreign sources into state shares, accordingly to the situation on April 1, 2006. The old crediting debts will be converted into shares of the additional issue and will be used to increase the registered capital of the stock society Crop Products Enterprise, administrated by the state-owned enterprise Moldresurse.

Law on modification of the law on retirement pensions. Under amendments, the insured person who was member of the People’s Assembly of the autonomous territorial unit Gagauzia for at least 4 years, retired and confirms the general fee pay duration, holds the right to a pension of 75 percent of the amount of all monthly pays of the lawmaker in the permanent remunerated office in the People’s Assembly of Gagauzia.

Laws on modification of legal acts on pharmaceutical activity. It specifies competences of the Drug Agency in ensuring the integration and/ or authorisation of drugs, other medications, as well as competences of the Health Ministry in allowing the importation of drugs and other medications. A series of amendments refer to obligation of applying the automatic record information system and sanctioning pharmaceutical activities held outside of this system, incomplete or/ and wrong use of this automatic system, voluntary changes, failure to present reports in due terms, sale or/ and presence of drugs without latent band in stock.

Draft law on accounting. The document approved in the first reading aims to establish a legal framework, single requirements and a mechanism of regulating the accounting and financial relations in Moldova, in compliance with international and community standards in the field. Provisions of this law will extend on all individuals and legal entities who act as entrepreneurs, non-commercial organisations including public institutions, notaries, lawyers and their offices, as well as on representations and branches of non-resident enterprises registered in Moldova, regardless of their field of activity, form of property and legal form of organisation.

Draft law on modification and completion of the law on publishing and enforcement of official acts. The document stipulates the publishing of a resume of ECHR judgments on Moldova in Monitorul Oficial within one month after they become definitive.

Parliamentary control. Statements

Questions and Interpellations

Christian Democratic Deputy Stefan Secareanu has appealed to the Government and Prosecutor-General’s Office to ensure respect for rights of residents of localities from the left bank of the Dniester River controlled by constitutional authorities of Moldova. Secareanu described the previous answers as formal and asked the competent institution to file penal cases against persons who admit abuses and illegalities toward Moldovan citizens. Also, he sought information about penal cases filed against representatives of the self-proclaimed Tiraspol authorities.

The lawmaker representing the Party of Social Democracy of Moldova, Iurie Bolboceanu, has asked the Government to report on housing of combatants and internally displaced persons from the Transnistrian region.

National Liberal Deputy Vitalia Pavlicenco has asked the Tax Inspectorate to report on existence of a person in Moldova who gained the first billion dollars.

Democratic Deputy Vladimir Filat has appealed to the Prosecutor-General’s Office to report on cutting of a forest in the town of Durlesti.

National Liberal Deputy Anatol Taranu has asked the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Reintegration to report on a recent visit of Yuri Zubakov, deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council, to Chisinau, including on proposals made by the Russian envoy to Moldovan authorities regarding the tackling of the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict.

Christian Democratic Deputy Valentina Serpul has asked the Prosecutor-General’s Office to prevent intimidations against future electoral competitors who turned down proposals of the Communist Party to bid on lists of this party. Serpul invoked the case of a mayor of a commune in the district of Hincesti, who has recently joined the Communist Party after six penal cases had been filed against him but prosecutors did not deliver them to law court unlike cases of other mayors, which the prosecutor’s office examines and promotes operatively.

Social Liberal Deputy Igor Klipii has asked the Government and decision makers to report on “actions that undermine Moldova’s statehood” invoked in a recent statement by Moldovan Government.

Our Moldova Deputy Leonid Bujor has appealed to the Government to present ample information on demographic situation in Moldova and measures taken by executive to urgently improve the state of things in the field.

Statements

Communist Deputy Mihail Mocan has read a statement describing the vehement criticism of opposition lawmakers against congratulations on occasion of “the homeland defenders day” (on February 23) as an inadequate reaction.

The National Liberal Party has released a statement themed “Manifest — Appeal on Imperative of National Solidarity,” which seeks the creation of a state union Republic of Moldova — Romania and conduct of bilateral actions in the field.

The parliamentary faction representing the Our Moldova Alliance has released statements on:

Extension of political control on Moldovan mass media, accusing the Party of Communists of Moldova (PCRM) and the Christian Democratic People’s Party (PPCD) of exercising some abusive influences, which affect the independence and reformation of mass media;
Harassment of opposition representatives by members of the parliamentary coalition of PCRM and PPCD during selection of candidates for general local elections.

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