Activity of the President on January 19 – February 1, 2009

Decrees

The Honour Order was awarded to Mr. William Emmett Ingram, commander of the North Carolina National Guard.

The Civic Merit Medal was awarded to Mrs. Lidia Gratila, prosecutor of the Prosecutor-General’s Office, and Mr. Vasile Pascari, first deputy prosecutor-general.

Sittings. Decisions. Statements

Food security

Moldova’s president has convoked a sitting on food security matters, saying that the structure of the food sector and food consumption shall be improved. According to the president, the share of food price in the minimum consumer basket shall be lowered and, therefore, efforts will focus on these purposes both at macroeconomic level and production sectors concerned. It was noted that the output and low inflation rate allow a costs’ reduction for basic food products, and prices of basic breads will be lowered by about 20 percent on February 1, 2009.

Renovation of Republican Clinical Hospital

A Presidency-hosted sitting has discussed an initiative to open a Performance Centre on the basis of the Republican Clinical Hospital, which would improve much the technical-material basis of this medical institution, ensure endowment with modern medical equipment and providing qualified human resources, modernisation of organisational structure and diagnosis and treatment methods. This project will be implemented with the support of the Moldovan Government and donors, including the World Bank, the Council of Europe Development Bank, and the European Commission. The renovation is planned in eight rounds and medical equipment will be purchased and installed after each round. A new surgery block will be built; the overall investment is estimated at approximately 90 million Euros and works will be operated within 8.5 years. Vladimir Voronin indicated the opportunity to attract experienced foreign companies in design and building works.

Meeting on Transnistrian issue

The meeting has considered priorities of the political and social-economic agenda for 2009 relating to the Transnistrian issue and noted the success in controlling the situation. The chief of state instructed competent authorities to finalise all aspects from the Transnistria settlement agenda for this year and do their best to resume as soon as possible the Transnistrian settlement negotiations in the “5+2” format exclusively. Voronin reconfirmed positive results achieved by the EU Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine and revealed the importance of activating the implementation process of confidence-building actions between Chisinau and Tiraspol. All representatives of Moldovan authorities participating in restoring the territorial integrity of Moldova shall pay a special attention to solving problems of concrete citizens from Transnistrian region, increasing their welfare. Vladimir Voronin demanded an action plan on social sustenance of people from Transnistria.

Commemoration of Lenin

Vladimir Voronin has participated in laying flowers at the monument of Vladimir Lenin (Ulianov), first leader of the Soviet state, on occasion of his 88^th anniversary of death. The Moldovan president stated that Lenin was the first leader to build a social state and the history proved that this idea is materialised nowadays in many countries around the world, including Moldova. Mr. Voronin noted that in all post-Soviet years many had tried to blacken Lenin’s name, but nobody succeeded and will succeed because Lenin was both a genial leader and a genial organiser.

Note by ADEPT: On August 23, 1915, V.I. Lenin in stated in the newspaper “Social-Democrat” #44, that a probable creation of the United States of Europe (equivalent to the European Union nowadays?) would be possible only after reaching a temporary agreement of the capitalistic states on jointly crushing the socialism in Europe. For these reasons, V.I.Lenin reached to the conclusion on the unfortunate essence of the slogan about the United States of Europe.

Praise to police work

While attending a meeting of the Interior Ministry collegial council, the chief of state has highly appreciated police efforts to maintain the rule of law and stability by firmly combating the crime. According to the chief of state, the society welcomes actions taken by ministerial authorities and officers to modernise subdivisions and decentralised services, to strengthen and develop cooperation with citizens, public organisations, the media and other law bodies. However, there are deficiencies, violation of discipline and crimes or corruption in activity of the Interior Ministry. They reduce the efficiency of efforts by ministerial personnel; distort the attention of the country leadership and ministry from settling other problems. The chief of state indicated main tasks of the Interior Ministry for 2009: continuing the reformation and transformation of interior bodies into a modern and efficient institution; reducing the crime rate; combating violent crimes; enhancing stability in society and confidence of people that their rights are protected; promoting a positive image of the police; taking constant and insistent actions by central and local public authorities in emergency situations,etc. In the context of legislative elections, interior bodies have a special role to ensure free, legal parliamentary elections.

Updating of adoption policies

Moldova’s president has convoked a meeting on adoptions, with participants hearing reports on involvement of functionaries from local public administration subdivisions in illegal adoptions. According to reports, criminal institutional schemes have been built to facilitate illicit international adoptions. The chief of state noted that extremely corrupt functionaries involved in criminal adoptions and imperfect legislative-normative framework on adoptions and tacit approval of situation by competent bodies are to blame for this state of things. Vladimir Voronin demanded emergent and drastic actions to combat shortcomings, abuses and negligence in adoption-related procedures. It was recommended to institutionalise a national commission for international adoptions and a national commission for internal adoptions, to set a National Register of Adoptions. Moldova’s diplomatic missions will have to inform periodically the national commission for international adoptions, and the legislation will stipulate the mandatory participation of prosecutor in the legal child adoption. It was also decided to introduce a moratorium on international adoptions throughout normative-legislative and organisational modifications.

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