Activity of the President on November 15–30, 2010

Events of great importance

Visit of the President to Georgia

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili paid an official visit to Moldova, on November 23–24. Mikhail Saakashvili met the Acting President of Moldova Mihai Ghimpu, other politicians of the Republic of Moldova. Only the PCRM leader Vladimir Voronin refused to meet him. The visit agenda included a trip to Obileni village, on the construction sites, where houses are built for people who have suffered from summer floods by the support of the Georgian authorities.

Decrees

According to the decrees signed by the Acting President of the country:

The Accountants Day shall be celebrated yearly as a professional holyday on April 4;
The National Day of Country Gardening shall be held on the last Saturday of October. Since 1995, the first Saturday of April was declared to be the respective day.

The Acting President awarded state distinctions as follows:

“Order of the Republic” was awarded to Mikhail Saakashvili, President of Georgia;
Order “Faith to the Homeland” of the 1st class was awarded to Gheorghe Mihai, director of the Intelligence and Security Service.

Mihai Ghimpu signed a decree repealing the Decree on awarding the “Order of the Republic” to Dumitru Ciubaşenco, because the latter gave up the distinction.

ADEPT Note: Dumitru Ciubaşenco gave up the distinction in protest against awarding the same distinction to Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili. The distinction was awarded to Ciubaşenco on December 24, 2009 as a sign of high appreciation of the outstanding merits in the assertion of freedom of expression, for substantial contribution to national revival and promotion of democracy and general human values.

Decisions. Sittings. Meetings

Joint visit to Obileni

The Acting President of the Republic of Moldova Mihai Ghimpu and the President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili attended the inauguration ceremony of Georgia street in Obileni village, Hincesti district, where nine houses were built with the financial support of the Georgian State. Mikhail Saakashvili said that Georgia would also support financially the construction of a kindergarten with all necessary infrastructures, and a class room in the local school would be equipped with modern technical equipment. Obileni inhabitants have expressed their particular gratitude for the assistance provided by Georgia to remove the consequences of this summer floods, including for the fact that the children from the flooded localities spent their vacations in Georgian summer camps.

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