The political parties from Moldova will start receiving money from the state budget beginning with July 1st, 2009, and not begining with January 1st, 2008, as it was planned before. This thing is included in the project of the new law of parties, adopted on Thursday, by the Parliament, in the second reading, DECA-press transmits.
Vladimir Turcan, president of the juridical commission for appointment and immunities of the Parliament, said that the new term was established given the idea that the Government doesn't have money to beging the financing of the parties frm 2008.
This modification caused the revolt of a part of the parliamentary opposition. The Democratic Party (PD), headed by Dumitru Diacov, left the sitting room as a sign of protest. The PD leader declared that, in this way, the opposition parties are discriminated, because the communists have access to the state budget and use it in the electoral campaign.
The new law of parties provides the reduction of the minimal number of signatures necessary for their registration from 5 thousand to 4 thousand. At the same time, the law project prohibits electoral blocks.
The law was voted by Communists, Christian-Democrats and some independent deputies. // DECA-Press


Publication date: 24 December 2007   

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