Activity of the President on April 16–30, 2008

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Decrees

Moldovan president has decreed the nomination of Igor Malai as deputy minister of defence.

Under presidential decrees, the “Labour Glory” Order was awarded to:

Vladimir Ciobanu, chairman of the parliamentary commission for public administration, environment and territorial development;
Valentin Todercan, chairman of TeleRadio-Moldova Company;
Ion Verbeniuc, chief of the TV technical centre.

Sittings. Decisions. Statements

Priorities of state leadership for this year

Moldovan president has chaired a sitting on priorities of the state leadership for this year, ways and possibilities to fulfil tasks in the period concerned. Vladimir Voronin outlined problems related to social-economic and political processes, which require more efforts by central government and legislators, in particular, the implementation of the European Union — Moldova Action Plan and negotiation of a new legal framework on cooperation with the EU; implementation of actions aimed at building confidence between Chisinau and Tiraspol, resumption of the “5+2” conflict resolution negotiations; optimisation of the process of implementation of gasification, drinkable water providing and road building programmes; intensification of business activity in territories and growth of domestic production; development of the farm land consolidation and modernisation process in agriculture; adoption and implementation of the social assistance law; ensuring primary specialised healthcare, computerisation of the pharmaceutical sector and healthcare system in general; enhanced attention for education sector, efficient implementation of youth policies, etc. The chief of state noted that the territorial work of cabinet members is inefficient and instructed Government members to visit regions a whole day at least twice a month and visit both district centres and localities from territorial administrative units.

Accelerating the implementation of actions for the Youth Year

Vladimir Voronin has chaired a working sitting which studied the course of the action programme on the Youth Year, stressing the need of accelerating ongoing actions and finalising further programmes. Participants studied issues related to an efficient implementation of national programmes on economic redress of youths and social support for young families called Housing for All. Decisions on admission and rise of the number of state-funded scholarships in institutions of higher learning and secondary professional institutions demanded on labour market will be further made. The sitting also tackled the patriotic education of youths and civic, moral and patriotic education campaigns will be launched in educational institutions. The president demanded an ample mediation of actions dedicated to the youth, with the purpose to ensure the access of youths to all available programmes. He insisted on participation of youths in the process of elaboration of the draft youth strategy for 2009–2013.

Official visit to Azerbaijan

The visit programme to Baku included meetings with Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliev, Speaker Oktai Asadov, Prime Minister Artur Rasizade and Rovnag Abdulaev, chairman of the State Oil Company. Vladimir Voronin has attended a festivity dedicated to the opening of the Days of Moldovan Culture in Azerbaijan.

Statements on NIT

Moldova’s president has stated on interior and foreign police during the programme “Talks with the President” aired by TV channel NIT, in particular:

The present situation in the Chisinau municipal is catastrophic and it is created both by those who unsuccessfully try to administrate the city, and by former Chisinau mayor-general Serafim Urechean;
The president was tolerant with the media in Moldova during seven years of rule;
The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova will win the 2009 parliamentary elections and there is no other strong political force in Moldova at present to do more for the people;
The Government headed by Vasile Tarlev has tendered resignation for the continuity of economic and social consolidation of the country, not for inactivity, as “there were many questions regarding the staff and some ministries should be restructured”;
The settlement of the Transnistrian conflict is the priority of the working agenda of the governance and the resumption of the “5+2” negotiations is now the stringent task;
There are forces which do not want the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict and they include both internal and external parties (and Romania is especially mentioned among them);
The role of Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin in settling the conflict was very important, with “a common ground and a way to settle the conflict” being found at more than 40 bilateral meetings;
The Government hoped to redress the Moldovan economy at the level of 1991 in six years, but it failed and a 10–15 percent growth is needed so far to reach this goal.

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