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Activity of the Parliament on June 1–15, 2009

Note by ADEPT: The Parliament failed again on June 3, 2009 to elect a President of the Republic of Moldova and, therefore, at the request of the incumbent chief of state, the Constitutional Court established the requisite conditions justifying the dissolution of the 16th Legislature elected in the general elections on April 5, 2009.

Appointments. Dismissals

The Parliament has made a decision to relieve from office certain legislators upon their demands:

Marian LUPU, lawmaker representing the PCRM, former chairman of the Parliament, said on June 10, 2009 that he leaves the Party of Communists and the PCRM parliamentary faction. Lupu released a statement in which he explained his actions and assured that he is decided to keep “participating actively in the Moldovan political process.”

Legislative acts

Law enabling the Government to issue ordinances. Before the validation of elections for a new Parliament, the Government was enabled to issue ordinances in the following areas: energy, veterinary, phyrosanitary, food and healthcare security; implementation of state policy on development of national economy; entrepreneurial activity, including external economic activity.

Law on the modification of the Election Code. Under amendments, the electoral threshold for political parties was reduced from 6 percent down to 5 percent. As well, the turnout for the validation of parliamentary elections was reduced from 1/2 down to 1/3 of the number of electors registered on voters rolls. The turnout for repeat elections was cancelled, so that elections will be validated regardless of the turnout.

Law concerning the enforcement of Article 76 (3) of the Election Code. Under the law, in case of early parliamentary elections organised after the dissolution of the Parliament because of the failure to elect a President of Moldova, Article 76 (3) of the Election Code will be enacted so that to reduce proportionally the terms for organising and holding early elections. The coefficient of proportional reduction of terms will be set by dividing the digit “60” to the number of days left before the enforcement of the decree and the Election Day. The Central Electoral Commission will apply this coefficient to reduce the terms for the implementation of actions stipulated by the schedule of procedures to be fulfilled for the early elections.

Law concerning the modification and completion of some legislative acts (on financial institutions). Regulations concerning the forced liquidation of banks were introduced and it was established that the lawsuits on liquidation of banks in connection with insolvency filled after February 15, 2002 but before the enforcement of this law will be settled in compliance with the law in force when the cases were filled.

Laws on the ratification of some international acts:

Decision on granting a vote of confidence to the action programme and entire list of the Government. Unlike other documents of this kind, the new programme of the provisory Government does not have a name, a general motto and is not structured into distinct general chapters, while the preamble contains a series of political and propagandistic suppositions. The priorities of the programme envisage:

Note by ADEPT: Only the PCRM legislators except for the former speaker of the Parliament who did not attend the plenary sitting concerned voted the list and the Government’s action programme. The parliamentary factions representing the AMN, PLDM and PL released statements criticising the Programme of the Greceanii Government II, describing it as an “electoral manifesto”, “free topic essay”, “strategy to flatter electors”.

May 2–31, 2009 August 1–31, 2009