The Government’ methodology for assessing decisional transparency differs from that applied by the National Participation Council (NPC). According to authorities’ data, over 80% of the draft legal and normative acts went through all the stages of the decisional transparency process. The NPC reported a figure of 67%.

“Our methodology includes the Government’s appraisals of the legislative initiatives submitted by MPs as they refer to very important bills. But the Government believes that they should not be subject to the transparency procedure,” the Councils’ chairman Sergiu Ostaf stated for IPN after a meeting of Prime Minister Iurie Leanca with members of the NPC.

Sergiu Ostaf said the NPC has evidence that some of the bills are drafted by ministries, but are presented as MPs’ initiatives in order to avoid the transparency procedure of the executive. “We cannot accept such a maneuver as we consider that the Government’s appraisals should also be subject to the decisional transparency procedure,” he stated.

Sergiu Ostaf reiterated that any bill or decision must be published on the executive’s website three days before the meeting where they are to be examined, but this norm is not always respected. The NPC considers that this is a violation of decisional transparency.

The National Participation Council sued the Government for approving the draft state budget law for next year without subjecting it to public debates. The lawsuit was filed to the Buiucani Court. It is for the first time that representatives of civil society sue the executive for breaking the decisional transparency procedure.