The MPs of the Party of Action and Solidarity suggest that the activity of a number of public institutions, such as the National Agency for Energy Regulation, the Competition Council and the National Commission for Financial Markets, should be checked by the parliamentary commissions. Depending on the conclusions, the commissions should be able to adopt the documents needed for remedying the situation, including for dismissing the managers. Also, PAS suggests that the heads of the State Tax Service and the Customs Service should be named by the Government, not by the minister of finance, as at present, IPN reports.

MP Sergiu Litvinenco told a news conference that they put forward three legislative proposals aimed at clearing the state institutions of people who in time proved to be inefficient, promoted group interests and showed negligence. The first proposal is designed to increase the responsibility of a number of public authorities that are under parliamentary control. More exactly, these institutions include the Audiovisual Council, the National Agency for Energy Regulation, the National Dispute Resolution Agency, the Competition Council and the National Commission for Financial Markets.

The MP said the existence of functional autonomy does not mean that the heads of these institutions should not answer for incompetence and inefficiency. Given the Parliament’s constitutional role and the parliamentary control instrument, the legislative body is obliged to examine the activity of these authorities. “Parliament, through the agency of its working bodies, should be able to analyze the activity of these public institutions that are under parliamentary control and, depending on the conclusions, should be able to adopt the documents needed for remedying the situation, including for dismissing the managers,” explained Sergiu Litvinenco.

Under another bill, the chiefs of the Customs Service and of the State Tax Service will be persons holding public posts, not public functionaries as now and the power to name and dismiss the managers of the two institutions will be transferred from the minister of finance to the Government.

The third proposal is aimed at strengthening the role of the Superior Council of Magistracy as regards the appointment of the acting president of the Supreme Court of Justice. Specifically, when the given bill is adopted, the decision to name the acting president of the SCJ will be taken by the SCM.