Tiraspol, 11 July. /Novosti Pridnestrovya/. A new law prohibiting officials from demanding excessive certificates and papers from citizens has passed its first reading. Its author is Oleg Vasilatiy.
It discloses the notion of an "administrative barrier", establishes a procedure of citizens and officials responding to excessive bureaucracy, provides for the types of responsibility of civil servants for demanding redundant documents and photocopies.
"I wonder how our grandfathers industrialized the country and won the war without copiers," Oleg Vasilatiy joked in a conversation with reporters.
The bill also provides for the creation of a state commission to counter administrative barriers. It will be formed by the Supreme Council and the government and will deal with applications of citizens in the extrajudicial procedure.
"Our task is to change the mentality of the official and every citizen. We are southern people; there is a well-developed 'doorkeeper syndrome' in us," said aphoristically. "It must be squeezed out," he rephrased the classic.
