Activity of the President on January 1–18, 2009

Note by ADEPT: During January 1–9, 2009, Moldova’s President was on holidays abroad.

Decrees

Moldovan President has signed a decree declaring the 20^th of January the national mourning day and establishing the state commission in charge with organising the funerals of late poet Grigore Vieru. Parliament head Marian Lupu is the Chairman of the commission.

Sittings. Decisions. Statements

Execution of 2008 budget

Moldovan President has chaired a meeting on execution of the 2008 state budget, with reports saying that incomes worth 16 billion lei overall were collected to the state budget in 2008 on all components, which is 100.9 percent of the planned amount. State budget incomes in 2008 have grown by 1.9 billion lei or 13.6 percent compared with 2007, and medium daily collections amounted to 54.5 million lei. In 2008, 16.5 billion lei was spent from the state budget or 99 percent of the planned indicator, which is by 15.5 percent more than in 2007. The state honoured all commitments on internal and external debts in 2008. Incomes worth 6.1 billion lei were collected to budgets of administrative-territorial units in 2008, which is 100.3 percent of the planned amount or by 8.5 percent more than in 2007. However, concerns were raised with a deficit of 303.2 million lei in executing budgets of administrative-territorial units, inclusively 150.2 million lei of the budget of Chisinau municipality. It was stressed at the meeting that the stability of the Moldovan banking sector was maintained in 2008, average rates on credits and deposits have grown, and the liquidity was maintained at a high level. The chief of state outlined the need to improve the situation in carrying out investment projects, particularly stressing the importance to introduce a stricter governmental control on investment projects in road infrastructure. He invited responsible governmental officials to mobilise their efforts to ensure the execution of the 2009 budget in terms of incomes, insisting on a firm respect for commitments on salaries and social payments.

Discontentment with condition of border-crossing electronic communication networks

The meeting convoked by chief of state has discussed the development of telecommunications in Moldova, installation and exploitation of electronic communication networks at the state border of Moldova. It was signalled the underdeveloped telecommunication infrastructure, including the lack of a number of information services and technological solutions such as data transit, organisation of data transfer networks via electronic lines, which partly isolates our country from the single global information area. The lack of a developed network of high-speed data delivery channels fuelled the price of Internet services on domestic market. Vladimir Voronin demanded actions aimed at improving the current situation in the area of installation and exploitation of electronic communications at the state border, signalling the lack of a prospect vision by the Ministry of Information Development regarding information and communication technologies. As well, Mr. Voronin stressed the imperfect legislative-normative framework regulating the data transit at the state border of Moldova, warning that this does not strengthen the sovereignty of the country. Therefore, the Government was instructed to speed up actions aimed to remedy this situation. The Ministry of Information Development and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration will ensure the development and updating of normative base on border-crossing data inflow and set up a mechanism for inventory and development of administrative standards.

Reconstruction of Curchi Monastery

The meeting convoked by Moldovan President has reviewed actions to be taken within the reconstruction process of the Curchi Monastery and considered ways to settle problems related to the rebuilding process, specified issues relating to the timetable of restoration woks at the monastery complex in 2009: opening of the seminary building, abbey, social block, painting inside the Nasterea Maicii Domnului Cathedral, St. Dumitru Church, church of the cemetery, continuing works at refectory and hotel, mill, etc. The chief of state reconfirmed the necessity to mobilise efforts in order to respect the timetable and ensure a high quality.

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