Government suggests declaring state of emergency all over Moldova

31.03.2021 00:01
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The Government proposed that Parliament should declare a state of emergency all over the Republic of Moldova. Minister of Justice Fadei Nagachevski, who presented the proposal, said this was formulated following the analysis of the Commission for Exceptional Situations’ report concerning the necessity of declaring a state of emergency, of the Supreme Security Council’s recommendations and discussions in society, IPN reports.

The minister noted the state of emergency does not mean the closure of the county’s economy, but an instrument that extends the margin of action of the state. The actions that will be taken depend on the citizens’ behavior.

According to Fadei Nagachevski, as the executive is limited in action, it does not indicate the period of the state of emergency in the hope that Parliament will decided this period not out of political preferences, but based on reasonable necessities for solving the crisis. The measures that will be in force in the period should be agreed by broad political consensus, based on a set of recommendations formulated by the Supreme Security Council and the presidential administration. The margin of action of the Commission for Exceptional Situations will be decided by Parliament.

“The state of emergency is apparently in line with the political agenda of all the players that set the fight against the pandemic as a priority and this will be a sincerity test for them,” stated the minister.

Acting Prime Minister Aureliu Ciocoi said that he repeatedly called on Parliament and the presidential administration to convene a special sitting of Parliament in which to concertedly discuss the pandemic situation in the country and the calls that remained unheard. This subject should be discussed in the most serious way and the politicians should assume a part of the responsibility for managing the paramedic in the country, offering the interim Government additional powers for handling the crisis.

Parliament will have a sitting on March 31, starting at 2pm. The agenda hasn’t been yet announced .