Legislative plans for the near future

In April, the deputies will consider two legislations of anti-crisis nature, whose authors are the president, as well as parliamentarians Aleksandr Korshunov and Peter Pasat. This decision was taken at the meeting of the Presidium of the Supreme Council that was held today. The Parliament leadership also determined agenda of the next and the next plenary, scheduled to take place on 30 March and 6 April. Tomorrow draft national budget - 2016 will be presented for discussion by deputies in the second reading.

An important social burden will be borne by the regular order of the Supreme Council of its supervisory body - the Accounting Chamber. A draft decree "On holding of the Audit Chamber of the expert-analytical and control activities to assess the efficiency of the use and management of certain property in public ownership" was submitted for tomorrow's plenary session of parliament. This time the test will be state-owned enterprise "Biochim", located in Bender. According to colleagues chairman of the Parliamentary Economic Policy Committee, Budget and Finance Alexander Martynov, testing will cover the period from December 5, 2012 (when the company changed its form of ownership from the private to the public) before April 1, 2016. An economic and financial activity of the entity check was supposed as well as the completeness of the calculation and payment to them in the budget of excise duties. Addressed to the deputies of the Supreme Council numerous complaints from employees on non-payment of wages become the reason for the implementation of the Accounting Chamber of control and expert and analytical measures. We previously reported that during the reception on personal matters, which was held in Bendery the Chairman of the Supreme Council, member of parliament for the constituency №7 Vadim Krasnoselsky made an inquiry for assistance in the payment of arrears.

The form of joint discussion by representatives of the two parliamentary committees (on agriculture and development of business and industry) and government elected to consider the increase in lending at the expense of gratuitous financial aid to Russia, received in 2011 for the provision of technical credits in order to support agribusiness entities and small businesses. The point is that financial support from Russia is in Russian rubles, the rate of which in comparison with 2011 has decreased significantly. Earlier on could buy more with allocated money. Now - less, due to the devaluation of the Russian national currency. Earlier, when discussing amendments to the law "On the state reserve fund", Supreme Council decided to increase the volume of lending to agricultural producers. The deputy head of parliamentary committee Vadim Doni has offered the same approach could be applied, but with respect to small businesses. Legislature Members of the Presidium decided to postpone bringing this issue to the plenary for further parliamentary-governmental consultations.

During the meeting, the leadership of Parliament also debated the legislative initiative of Slobodzeya District Council to increase to 30% the proportion of the road funds used for reconstruction of the street lighting settlements. Currently the rate is up to 10%. It is reflected in the draft national budget for 2016.

At the end of the meeting of the Presidium the Supreme Council Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Economic Policy, Budget and Finance Alexander Martynov commented on the abolition of the president's decree "On measures to stabilize the currency market".