The new law on ombudspersons of May 2014 contains ambiguities that will endanger the work of the ombudspersons if they are not removed, Anatol Muntean, director of the Center for Human Rights, said in the program “Place for dialogue” on Radio Moldova station, IPN reports.

Anatol Munteanu stated that under the new law, there will be two people’s ombudspersons independent from each other – the people’s ombudsperson and the child’s ombudsperson. “I think there should be one people’s ombudsperson who would have an assistant or a deputy,” he said.

He described as regression the placement of restrictions on submitting applications for people classed by the court as persons without discernment. “This provision is offensive when it is about the work of ombudspersons. It is discrimination against persons with intellectual disabilities. We challenged this provision in the Constitutional Court and I hope we will win the case,” said Anatol Munteanu.

The current parliamentary ombudsman informed that he will put forward legislative initiatives with amendments to the new law on ombudspersons because he does not agree that the people’s ombudspersons will be elected by the votes of 2/3 of the MPs and will be dismissed by the votes of only 3/5 of the MPs, and with other things too.

The Law No. 54 of this May provides that the parliamentary ombudspersons will be called people’s ombudspersons and there will be two such ombudspersons, not four as now. One will defend the rights of everyone, while the second - the rights of children. The Center for Human Rights will be liquidated and there will be created the Office of the People’s Ombudspersons.