As Novosti Pridnestrovya has been reporting, today an extraordinary session of the Supreme Council was to be held. The agenda included the approval of emergency anti-crisis measures and bringing to disciplinary account of the deputies who periodically miss Supreme Council plenary sessions
However, again deputies did not manage to muster a quorum, and the extraordinary session did not take place. The deputies who did come today to the session discussed a number of pressing issues «unofficially».
Investigating the reasons that had led the country's economy into a crisis became a core issue in the debate. According to some parliamentarians, the responsibility for the current situation lies with the Supreme Council itself as Pridnestrovie's supreme legislative body.
«Since March people, I beg your pardon, have been removing what we piled up here," said Anatoly Dirun, a member of the education, science and culture committee. The similar opinion was expressed by Andrey Sipchenko, a member of the security, defence and peacekeeping committee.
«Regarding what Mr Dirun said, I completely share his position to the extent that he literally said 'we piled up here.» I am quite sure that the current economic situation is due to what has been piled up in this chamber," said the MP.
According to him, the crisis might have been avoided if the Supreme Council had approved in time the draft laws submitted by the president and the government.
«The majority decided to reject the bills that, in my opinion, would help to enhance the economic situation and emerge from the crisis. I am talking about the Tax Code, which the committee has recommended to decline, and offshore duties," said Andrey Sipchenko.
Vladimir Bodnar noted that very often, while lobbying private interests instead of fulfilling their direct duties, MPs delay considering draft laws submitted out of legislative necessity, thus breaching the law.
«What is the result? The body that is not only obliged to approve laws but also supervise their execution — and it is not only the prosecutor's business — is breaking these laws," concluded the deputy.
