Moldovan parliament will decide on presidential election date next friday

The Moldovan Parliament’s Permanent Bureau held its ordinary working meeting today and included the question of a presidential election date into the agenda of the legislative forum’s November 27 plenary sitting.

Most probably, the second presidential election attempt will be scheduled for the Monday of December 7.

The Permanent Bureau has today decided also that next Friday the Parliament will consider the candidacy of Marin Molosag for deputy governor of the National Bank of Moldova. So far, he continues to hold this post but his mandate is expiring in December. The Molosag candidature was proposed by Dorin Dragutanu, the recently appointed new NBM Governor.

On Friday, the Moldovan Parliament will begin its plenary sitting at 1400 local time with an address to the forum to be made by Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Union’s Commissioner for External Relations and the European Neighbourhood Policy, who asked 40 minutes for her speech.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner is coming to Chisinau on Thursday afternoon, and will have a meeting with Moldova’s Acting President, Parliament Chairman Mihai Ghimpu shortly upon her arrival.

On Thursday, the Parliament will start its ordinary plenary sitting in the morning. The agenda contains quite many important questions, including amendments to the 2009 State Budget, an agreement on reciprocal recognition of higher-education diplomas between the Republic of Moldova and Romania, and other.

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