Recommendation
1721 (2005)1
Functioning
of democratic institutions in Moldova
1.
The Parliamentary Assembly refers to its Resolution
1465 (2005) on the functioning
of democratic institutions in Moldova, in which it calls for decisive,
comprehensive and irreversible progress with regard to the democratic
standards and practices in the country, if it is to fulfil its European
aspirations.
2.
The Assembly recommends that the Committee of Ministers, with regard
to assistance activities:
2.1.
call on the Moldovan authorities to speed up reforms corresponding
to the Council of Europe values and standards, in particular in the
following priority areas: the functioning of democratic institutions,
the independence and efficiency of the judiciary; freedom and pluralism
of the electronic media; strengthening local democracy; better social
protection accompanying strong economic performance; and fighting corruption
and trafficking in human beings and organs;
2.2.
pursue or, where necessary, develop new assistance programmes in the
above-mentioned fields and allocate the necessary budgetary resources.
3.
The Assembly asks the Committee of Ministers, with regard to expertise,
to:
3.1.
require the Moldovan authorities to submit all draft legislation in
the relevant areas to the Council of Europe for expertise prior to
its adoption;
3.2.
apply the right combination of expert advice and political pressure
to ensure that the Council of Europe recommendations on new legislation
are duly taken into account, thus avoiding the waste of resources on
several variants of one and the same draft law;
3.3.
work out a better system of follow-up of its legal expertise.
4.
The Assembly expects that the Committee of Ministers, through its member
states, the Council of Europe Development Bank and in active co-operation
within the framework of the EU’s European Neighbourhood Policy,
will support further economic and social reform in Moldova to the benefit
of the entire population. The Assembly refers in this respect to its
Recommendation 1605 (2003) on the economic development of Moldova:
challenges and prospects.
5.
The Assembly asks the Committee of Ministers to urge member states
to support Moldova in its action to combat trafficking in human beings
and organs. The Assembly refers in this connection to its various recommendations
and resolutions on trafficking in human beings and to its Recommendation 1611
(2003) on trafficking in organs
in Europe.
6.
The Assembly further requests that in its contacts at the highest political
level with the relevant authorities of the European Union, the Committee
of Ministers ensures the best possible co-ordination and complementarity
between the Council of Europe requirements and those of the EU-Moldova
Action Plan.
7.
The Assembly further asks the Committee of Ministers to:
7.1.
become involved in the political monitoring and assessment of all proposals
for settling the Transnistrian conflict put forward by the various
parties concerned;
7.2. ensure
the participation of the Council of Europe in the ongoing consultations,
as the necessary guarantee that these developments take account
of the fundamental principles defended by the Council of Europe.
7.3. keep
monitoring the full implementation of the decision of the European
Court of Human Rights regarding the Ilascu case until the
political prisoners Andrei Ivantoc and Tudor Petrov Popa, illegally
detained in Tiraspol
are released.
1. Assembly
debate on 4 October 2005 (27th Sitting) (see Doc.
10671, report of the Committee
on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States
of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee), co-rapporteurs:
Mrs Durrieu and Mr Kvakkestad).
Text adopted by the Assembly on 4 October 2005 (27th Sitting).
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