The Commission for Exceptional Situations (CES) Chisinau ascertained that there is an exceptional situation in the education sector. In a decision, CES Chisinau says the orders by which the minister of education and research terminated the service relationship with the head of the General Division of Education, Youth and Sports Andrei Pavaloi are illegal, IPN reports.

The CES Chisinau’s decision stipulates that until the court adopts a final decision on the legality of the minister’s orders, Andrei Pavaloi will continue to hold the post of head of the Division of Education of the Chisinau Municipal Council.

“Direct interference by the PAS in the affairs of the City Halls and flouting of the law by dismissing employees in various fields with serious deviations and arbitrarily. CES Chisinau ascertained an exceptional situation in the education sector and illegality in the orders made by the minister of education in the case of the head of the Division of Education, Youth and Sports Andrei Pavaloi, before the passing of final court judgements on the legality of adopting the mentioned administrative documents,” said the mayor of Chisinau Ion Ceban.

In connection with the Chisinau mayor’s statements regarding the dismissal of Andrei Pavaloi from the post of head of the General Division of Education, Youth and Sports of Chisinau, the Ministry of Education and Research said that Andrei Pavaloi was appointed head of the Division contrary to the provisions of the Education Code, i.e. in the absence of a competition and for an indefinite period of time by an order of the mayor.