Activity of the President on August 1–31, 2009

The acting Moldova’s President was on holidays in Turkey during August 7–15.

Decrees

The acting Moldova’s President has signed a decree convoking the newly-elected Parliament in the constituting sitting on August 28, 2009.

The Order of the Republic was awarded to:

Dumitru Pulbere, chairman of the Constitutional Court;
Vladimir Colesnicenco, chairman of the Board of Observers of the Joint Venture “Jolly Alon” S.A.;
Nicolae Ciornii, head of the Black Sea Interregional Bloc “Lukoil”.

The Honour Order was awarded to:

The bishop of Balti and Falesti, Marchel (Nicolae Mihaiescu).

The Civic Merit Medal was awarded to:

Lidia Gutu, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to Bulgaria.
Anatolie Spivacenco, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry;
Iurie Betisor, forester master of the Natural Reservation “Padurea Domneasca”, Glodeni;
Vasile Osoianu, head of the Hayward Chiscareni of the Balti Forestry Enterprise.

Under a presidential decree the special police general ranking was awarded to Vladimir Botnari, chief of the Police Commissariat General of the Chisinau municipality.

Natalia Visan was relieved from the office of head of the Moldovan presidential press service “in connection with a new post.”

Sittings. Statements

Demographical situation

The acting Moldovan President Vladimir Vorinin has convoked a working sitting to consider the execution of previous presidential instructions on demographical situation and annihilation of noxious factors which harm the healthy and civilised lifestyle. Participants agreed to work out a complex programme on educational, health, institutional, socio-economic, cultural dimension of the tackled issue. Voronin instructed all competent state institutions to be responsible while holding activities related to strengthening the healthcare of people, stressing the opportunity of involving nongovernmental organisations more actively and raising public awareness. He underlined the importance of amplifying the process of improving and optimising the secondary professional and vocational education institutions.

Participation in the world congress of Gagauzians

The acting chief of state attended the opening of the forum and addressed it. He said that the Moldovan nation “has found the strength to see the own victory in the victory of the Gagauz self-determination,” while the self-determination of Gagauzians is “an exceptional example of conflict-free self-determination in the history of modern Europe.” As well, Vladimir Voronin reiterated his previous statements that Moldova is at a crossroad and faces a difficult challenge, while the authorities will prevent “the comeback to the economic reaction, policy of struggling clans, policy of crises and cynical experiments.”

Balti-Ungheni Gas line

Vladimir Voronin was on a working visit to the district of Ungheni and attended an event occasioned by the putting into operation of the high-pressure gas line Balti-Ungheni. The 100-kilometer-long line with an annual capacity of 550 million cubic metres will link approximately 150 localities from three districts: Singerei, Falesti and Ungheni. The gas line will unify the gas providing system of the northern area of the republic with the central region, ensuring a stable natural gas delivery to villages. While addressing the meeting, the president stressed the imperative of doing the best to accomplish the national gasification programme and the special importance of the gasification process for modernising the regional infrastructure, stirring up social-economic processes nationwide.

Release of the Encyclopaedic Edition “Republic of Moldova”

The Encyclopaedic Edition “Republic of Moldova” was worked out at president’s initiative, with the participation of more than 100 notorious scientists from academia and university environment, known economic specialists, experts from various fields, artists. The Encyclopaedia “Republic of Moldova” opens an ample project of 10 volumes of the new edition “Encyclopaedia of Moldova”. The work elucidates the history of our country, its socio-economic, political and cultural-scientific development.

Situation in agro-industrial sector

According to a report released at a sitting convoked by the chief of state, about 1.2 million tons of crops were harvested on 550,000 hectares of 1^st-group grains and vegetables, and the overall productivity on the country was 2.2 tons per hectare. The food wheat covered about 45 percent of the overall production or nearly 344,000 tons, and will ensure the food security of the country. According to production programmes, autumn crops will be sown on about 421,000 hectares, inclusively autumn wheat on 300,000 hectares. More than half of the reserved fields have been prepared for the autumn sowing, which is by 16 percent more than last year. As well, the autumn ploughing process develops better than last year. An overall crop of more than 1 million tons of corn is expected from 620,000 hectares for the 2^nd-group crops, and a better productivity than in 2002–2008; 390,000 tons of sunflower with a productivity of 2 tons per hectare, compared with 1.3 tons in the last six years; 730,000–750,000 tons of sugar beet, which is enough to cover internal needs and export quota to EU. The chief of state indicated some objectives aimed to settle problems related to development of agro-industrial sector: priority of domestic products at public auctions and intensive promotion of these products; payment of debts of the fund for subsidising agricultural producers for 2008–2009; stimulation of modern vineyards; stimulation of cutting old vineyards; honouring of financial commitments towards economic agents which build new vineyards and enjoy compensations for these purposes; consideration of opportunities to export technical grapes etc.

Concerns with VAT-related frauds

The acting chief of state has chaired a sitting on preventing and combating frauds related to Value-Added Tax (VAT), being informed that the registration of 689 taxpayers as VAT payers was annulled during January 1 — July 31, 2009, of which 39 were declared so-called shadow firms. The chief of state warned the Center for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption (CCECC) and State Tax Inspectorate over necessity to ensure a tight cooperation and to remove any bureaucratic barriers, in order to combat any VAT-related fiscal evasion, and stressed the importance of speeding up the elaboration of electronic fiscal invoice, which would prevent any VAT fraud possibility. Control bodies were indicated the necessity of checking and monitoring economic agents by using existing information systems and databases for this purpose. At the same time, CCECC will intensify the operative activity to detect and collect facts on fiscal evasion attempts by economic agents which use services of illegal firms. The Ministry of Economy and Trade will convoke decision makers of all public authorities in charge with VAT management in order to organise the current activity in this respect.

Participation in summing-up governmental sitting

Vladimir Voronin has attended the sitting at which the Government of Moldova tendered resignation, as the new Parliament elected on July 29, 2009 was convoked. The sitting heard a report on social-economic development of Moldova in 2001–2009, which says that:

The GDP has increased fourfold in the last eight years;
The revenues of the National Public Budget have grown fivefold;
The foreign investments have increased 6 fold, exports 3.4 fold, pensions 7 fold, subsistence level 3 fold;
400 kilometres of roads, thousands of kilometres of gas pipes have been repaired or built, new water pipes of 500 kilometres long have been built, more than 850 schools, nearly 500 kindergartens, about 70 cultural facilities have been renovated.

While addressing the sitting, the acting chief of state noted that key goals aimed at improving living standards have been accomplished in the last eight years, with the rise in the average life expectancy in country from 59.7 years up to about 70 years and improved demographical indicators being a proof in this regard. The chief of state gratified the cabinet of ministers for having participated actively in social-economic development programmes and Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii expressed deep gratitude to the acting Moldovan President for having supported the central executive to honour constitutional duties.

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