The Promo-LEX Association calls the President of the Republic of Moldova, as the guarantor of the Constitution:

• Not to promulgate Law of 11 April 2014 on amending and completing several laws (Fiscal Code – Arts.20, 35, 54’4, etc.; Law on the Customs Tariff – Art.4, 28, Annex; etc.);
• To propose to the Parliament and Government to establish a special fund for the accumulation of resources necessary to compensate for losses and damages incurred by landowners and farmers in Dubasari. That fund is to accumulate the amounts paid by businesses located in Moldova that do not have tax relations to its budget for customs procedures and environmental pollution.

Dubasari land owners’ and farmers’ access to agricultural lands is periodically blocked, restricted or prevented by the de facto administration of the Transnistrian region of Moldova, and this agricultural year is practical compromised. The efforts of the constitutional authorities to ensure and guarantee property rights to thousands of farmers and their families have not seen positive results, and losses and damages incurred by the residents of the alleged security area are INVALUABLE.

In its plenary session on 11 April 2014, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova passed in a second reading the Bill on amending and completing several laws (Fiscal Code – Arts.20, 35, 54’4, etc.; Law on the Customs Tariff – Art.4, 28, Annex; etc.) as demanded by Nina Ştanski, a representative of the de facto administration of the breakaway region to continue the political dialogue.

According to her statements ​​after the meeting on 14 April 2014, the illegal administration of Tiraspol welcomed the adoption of the required legal amendments, but remained unwilling to allow landowners full access to their land.

In this context, Promo-LEX believes that constitutional authorities urgently need to calculate and compensate for all losses and damages incurred by farmers and landowners.

While the de facto administration of the region continues to create obstacles for citizens and the development of communities in the security zone, Promo-LEX believes that the promulgation of amendments requested by the administration of the eastern region of Moldova becomes impossible. Promo-LEX suggests that the funds received from operators in the eastern regions of the country need to be redirected to a special fund to cover damages and losses incurred by the farmers and landowners in Dubasari (Dorotcaia, Cosnita, Cocieri, Pirita, Pohrebea, and Molovata Noua).

Also, Promo-LEX draws attention to the situation of Latin-script schools in the Transnistrian region of Moldova. Recent statements by representatives of the Tiraspol administration show that they insist on taxing these schools under the local “law” and on other abusive actions deliberately aimed at closing these schools.

NOTE: Promo-LEX Association represents and defends the interests and rights of a total of 1651 farmers and agricultural landowners from Dubasari in the case Sandu vs. Moldova and the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.

For more details, contact: Alexandru Postica, Program Director with Promo-LEX, lawyer, tel: (22) 450024, GSM: 069104851, email: [email protected].