Social Security

Economic instability makes Pridnestrovians to tighten the belt. All branches of government puzzled search tools to cope with the crisis. The state is unable to fulfill all its obligations

in terms of social welfare. Many of the rules that establish benefits and social guarantees, in fact, are declarative. The experience of recent years shows that opportunities are only half of the need. Citizens can not fully enjoy the right to receive interest-free loans and concessional loans, free transportation for persons with disabilities passenger small cars with manual control, maintenance, monthly allocation of gasoline, for reimbursement of expenses for medical care, medicines, health resort treatment because of the lack of funds in the state treasury.

Parliamentarians discussed a package of government initiatives to provide defined benefits and compensation only if the current legislation provides the means to finance them over a year ago. It was proposed to reduce the list of enshrined benefits at the legislative level, and its shortened version made into a normative act approved by the Government. Lawmakers opposed such a way to deal with declarative of existing norms, insisting on the need to seek an opportunity to fulfill obligations. The documents were rejected. Later, a President introduced a similar to government package of initiatives for consideration of the Supreme Council. Profile Committee recommended to reject legislations, proposed by the authors to change their concept and basic provisions. It did not reach consideration by the plenary session. The issue several times was excluded from consideration at the request of the representative of the author of the law-in-draft, the Committee on the initiative of the head (with the aim of further elaboration of the working group). In early 2015 Plenipotentiary of the President initiated the resumption of the work in this direction.

The report prepared at the request of members of the Committee on Social Policy, the conclusion of the Public Chamber PMR refers to "the inadmissibility of lowering the standard of living of privileged categories of citizens". At the same time it was noted that the republic should live according to its means, in connection with which the adoption of the law-in-draft should be approached carefully and in detail in order not to provoke the growth of the "protest" in the society. Members of the Public Chamber recommended "a detailed analysis to examine the issue price, organize a system of benefits". Legal Department of the Supreme Council points the fact that the initiative will require further discussion and finalization.

Deputies Committee, in turn, consider that the adoption of the law-in-draft will be difficult to determine what kinds of benefits and guarantees should approve social norm. In addition, it is not always possible to establish.

The Committee has not changed its position and proposes to reject the initiative to change their concepts. Parliamentarians consider it necessary to create an interdepartmental working group that will work information on all the applicable laws of the range of benefits and determine the fate of each of them.

The proposal of the Government to reduce the range of potential recipients of child benefits was discussed during the meeting of the Committee. According to the authors of the law-in-draft, the participation in social insurance must be an additional criterion of entitlement. That is, working parents are able expect to receive a "child" means in Pridnestrovie with permanent residence outside the country, but are contributors to the Unified State Social Insurance Fund of PMR. Prerequisite for this is the non-receipt of social benefits (maternity, children) at the place of permanent residence outside of PMR. The control mechanism is unclear for deputies. Another aspect that parliamentarians indicated - not taking into account in the law-in-draft of some categories of citizens temporarily residing in Pridnestrovie. The document with these remarks will be recommended to be adopted in the first reading.

Relevant committee is preparing an amendment to the second reading to the draft law on amendments to the Administrative Code. This is the introduction of administrative responsibility for avoiding TB patient treatment. Author of the initiatives Galina Antyufeeva suggested as a penalty fine from 50 to 125 MW. Members of the Committee on Social Policy, Health, Labour, Family and Children, supporting the idea as such, offered to approve "range" of sanctions within 30 to 100 MW. It was clarified that not all TB patients are brought to administrative responsibility, but only those who are diagnosed with a contagious form of the disease. The final decision – is up to deputies.