The ordinary autumn-winter session of Parliament starts on September 8. In several days, the Standing Bureau will come together to decide the schedule of hearings, IPN reports.

In the spring-summer session, the lawmakers passed in the first reading dozens of important bills that are to be debated and adopted in the final reading this autumn. One of these bills, put forward by the Liberal-Democrats, introduces a women’s electoral representation quota of minimum 30%, while another relevant bill, proposed by the Government, institutes a women’s representation quota of 40% of the executive members.

Another bill suggests that the political parties should receive allocations from the state budget based on the results achieved in the parliamentary or local elections. It stipulates penalties for the violation of the legislation on party financing.

A bill refers to the holding of parliamentary elections and referendums at polling places abroad during two days.

Mass media ownership transparency is the subject of another bill that must be passed in the final reading. The authors of the document propose that all the media outlets should be obliged to publish the names of owners and their shareholdings, the list of council members and the administrator’s name.

The lawmakers are also to return to the bill that ensures greater concordance between the national legislation and the provisions of the Law on the Special Status of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia. The prosecutor of Gagauzia will be named by the prosecutor general, after consulting the People’s Assembly of Gagauzia, which will be empowered to adopt local laws to promote and develop Gagauz traditions and customs.

Another bill suggests exempting the Moldovans from the diaspora who intend to return home for good from paying import duties on the personal belongings they bring to Moldova. The Parliament will also debate the bill allowing fathers to take paternity leave and the bill that provides for the liquidation of the Bender Appeals Court in a move to optimize the judicial system.

Among other bills that will be examined are the bill to give the status of municipality to the towns Cahul, Orhei, Soroca and Ungheni, the bill providing that employers who will refuse to sign work contracts with disabled persons with recommendations from competent institutions will be penalized, and the bill allowing the private business community of Moldova to provide scholarships to students who do not receive state awards.

A legislative initiative concerns the appointment of the people’s ombudsperson, while another one the selection of six members of the Supervisory Board of Teleradio-Moldova Company.

The spring-summer session of Parliament closed on July 31.