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Note by ADEPT: The Parliament failed to elect a chief of state, with the May 20 elections being invalid as only 60 PCRM parliamentarians attended them and the May 28 elections were postponed for June 3, 2009 through an unclear procedure unstipulated by legal regulations.

Appointments

Vladimir Voronin was elected chairman of the Parliament by 60 PCRM MPs. Although the law on Status of the Member of Parliament indicates an incompatibility of the MP office with the position of the chief of state, Vladimir Voronin kept cumulating these offices after the deadline granted by law to settle the incompatibility. This situation made opposition lawmakers appeal to the Constitutional Court, but the law court does not hurry up to make a decision in this respect.

Only PCRM MPs have elected the deputy speakers of legislature, in particular:

• Vladimir Turcan was elected first deputy speaker of the Parliament. Experts note that neither the Constitution, nor the Parliament’s Regulation and flow chart of legislature contain an office such as “first deputy speaker” and its status is not legally regulated;
• Grigore Petrenco was elected deputy speaker of the Parliament.

Legislative acts

Decision concerning numerical and nominal composition of the Permanent Bureau of the Parliament. It establishes the numerical composition of the Parliament’s Permanent Bureau, which counts for 11 members, including ex-officio — speaker, first deputy speaker and deputy speakers of the Parliament. Respectively, PCRM MPs will run 7 offices and leaders of the opposition parliamentary factions will run another four.

Decision approving the numerical and nominal composition of the permanent parliamentary commissions. Ten permanent commissions are set, by one more than in the 16^th Legislature:

• The legal commission for appointments and immunities;
• The commission for economic policy, budget and finance;
• The commission for national security, defence and public order;
• The commission for foreign policy and European integration;
• The commission for human rights;
• The commission for public administration, environment and area development;
• The commission for youth, education, science and media;
• The commission for culture, tourism and sport;
• The commission for agriculture and food industry;
• The commission for social protection, healthcare and family.

Note by ADEPT: Opposition MPs have allotted seats in permanent commissions, but did not accept leading offices granted by the parliamentary majority in the commissions.

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