Motion against Moldovan foreign affairs minister not allowed in legislative procedure

Chisinau, 20 February /MOLDPRES/ - The simple motion against Foreign Affairs and European Integration Minister Aureliu Ciocoi has not been allowed to legislative procedure.    

At the today’s parliament meeting, Parliament Speaker Zinaida Greceanii did not put the simple motion against Minister Ciocoi to vote, on grounds that it had not undergone the legislative procedure. 

Deputy Parliament Speaker Alexandru Slusari and the head of the parliamentary faction of the Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), Igor Grosu, said that they did not understood the legal arguments for which the motion had not been accepted.      

„The standing bureau took the decision. The motion is not allowed in legislative procedure,” Greceanii said.  

In retort, lawmaker Sergiu Litvinenco said that “motions are included on the parliament’s agenda, are discussed, are put to vote. It is inadmissible for a parliamentary majority to empty the constitutional provisions of their content.”    

The simple motion registered by the ACUM bloc comes after Minister Ciocoi said that Russia’s army had ceased the bloodshed during the military clashes at Dniester.