MPs come together for first sitting of spring session

Parliament on Thursday has the first sitting of the 2023 spring session. Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița is expected to come to Parliament to ask for the prolongation of the state of emergency, IPN reports.

The agenda includes the bill to regulate the participation financing services, the proposal to modify the conditions for deciding and providing social assistance and cold-month allowance, amendments to the law on the units whose agricultural land remains state property and to the law on editorial activity. The joining of the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic is another item on the agenda.

The MPs will also examine legislative proposals concerning the disciplinary measures against judges and the work of the judicial inspectorate, amendments to the law on peasant farmsteads, the law on normative price and the method of selling and purchasing land and to the Penal Code of the Republic of Moldova.

The lawmakers will reexamine two bills – the bill to review the normative framework on nondiscrimination and ensuring of equality and the bill on the work of the ombudsperson – and will debate the draft decision to recall the Moldovan Parliament’s permanent representative to the Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the CIS Member Nations.

The February 2 sitting starts at 10am.



The bridge over the Tigheci river in the town of Cania, Cantemir district, will undergo major repairs. The National Road Administration has signed the contract for the execution of the works, worth almost 21 million lei. According to the institution, the bridge requires interventions after a long period of use and is in an inappropriate technical condition, reports IPN.

The bridge is located on the regional road G132 R35-Baimaclia-Taraclia de Salcie-R32 and provides access for over 2,800 inhabitants of the village of Cania, as well as for the traffic in the area. The works are planned for a period of nine months and envisage the complete rehabilitation of the structure, so that it meets the current road safety requirements.

The project includes the reinforcement of supporting elements, the replacement of degraded components, the installation of new beams and supports, as well as the installation of waterproofing systems, drainage, expansion joints, and metal railings. Also, sections of approximately 25 meters of roadway will be repaired on each of the two access ramps.

The bridge has a length of over 62 meters and a width of 13.5 meters. It will have two traffic lanes, guide lanes, and sidewalks for pedestrians.

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MPs come together for first sitting of spring session

Parliament on Thursday has the first sitting of the 2023 spring session. Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița is expected to come to Parliament to ask for the prolongation of the state of emergency, IPN reports.

The agenda includes the bill to regulate the participation financing services, the proposal to modify the conditions for deciding and providing social assistance and cold-month allowance, amendments to the law on the units whose agricultural land remains state property and to the law on editorial activity. The joining of the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic is another item on the agenda.

The MPs will also examine legislative proposals concerning the disciplinary measures against judges and the work of the judicial inspectorate, amendments to the law on peasant farmsteads, the law on normative price and the method of selling and purchasing land and to the Penal Code of the Republic of Moldova.

The lawmakers will reexamine two bills – the bill to review the normative framework on nondiscrimination and ensuring of equality and the bill on the work of the ombudsperson – and will debate the draft decision to recall the Moldovan Parliament’s permanent representative to the Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the CIS Member Nations.

The February 2 sitting starts at 10am.


The lawyers of the Gagauz bashkan, Evghenia Gutul, have challenged the decision of the Central Court of Appeal at the Supreme Court of Justice, which upheld her seven-year prison sentence. The appeal also targets the sentence of Svetlana Popan, who was sentenced to six years of detention, reports IPN.

According to the information published on the CSJ page, the appeal was registered on July 27. The case was assigned to a panel of judges, who are to examine the appeal and decide on the request made by the lawyers.

Evghenia Gutul and Svetlana Popan were convicted on August 5, 2025, for complicity in the illegal financing of a political party and an electoral competitor. Prosecutors claim that the deeds took place between 2019-2022, when Gutul was the secretary of the Sor Party, declared unconstitutional in 2023.

Guțul has rejected the accusations, asserting that she committed no illegalities and that, at the time of the alleged acts, she held a position without decision-making power in the party. She described the sentence as being “harsh” and stated that the case would have a political component.

At the end of May, the Central Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Chisinau Court, Buiucani headquarters.

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1 IANUARIE, 2025
1 IANUARIE, 2025