President Maia Sandu abrogated the decrees to constitute two consultative councils and a commission created by ex-President Igor Dodon. This way, there were liquidated the Economic Council, the Civil Society Council and the Constitutional Reform Commission that worked under the President, IPN reports.
By the same decree, there were set down the regulations concerning the activity of the consultative councils working under the President of the Republic of Moldova. Under these, the role of consultative councils is to examine the problems of major interest faced by the state, society and to inform the President about them. The President can designate any person as a member of the consultative council, including representatives of noncommercial organizations, the business community, civil society from the corresponding fields, public functionaries and public figures.
The work done by the members of the consultative councils is voluntary work executed outside the working hours and is not remunerated. Councils’ meetings are public, but can be also held behind closed doors. The meetings are chaired by the President or, if this is absent, by the President’s adviser in charge of the area, a nominated adviser or the secretly general of the President’s staff.
