MOLDOVAN PARLIAMENT TURNS 33

The Parliament of Moldova has turned 33 years old. As INFOTAG reports, on this occasion, archive photos telling about the activity of the legislative body are exhibited in the square in front of the Parliament building. Also exhibited are vintage cars from the garage of the State Chancellery and from the collections of private collectors.

In the spring of 1990, the first parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on the basis of the majoritarian electoral system. Candidates for deputies were nominated by labor collectives and public organizations. The parliament consisted of 380 deputies.

On April 27, 1990 the Parliament established the tricolor as the national flag, on June 23, 1990 the Parliament adopted the Declaration of Sovereignty of Moldova. On May 23, 1991, by the decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR of the XII convocation, the former union republic - MSSR - was renamed into the Republic of Moldova, and the Supreme Soviet became the first parliament of the Republic of Moldova. This date is celebrated as Parliament Day. On August 27, 1991, the Parliament adopted the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova.

On February 25, 1994, parliamentary elections were held by proportional system (by party lists). Since then, the Parliament consists of 101 deputies elected for a four-year term by secret and free voting.

On July 29, 1994, Parliament adopted a new Constitution of the country. On July 5, 2000, the Parliament, by a constitutional majority, introduced a number of amendments to the Constitution, which led to the transition from a semi-presidential to a parliamentary form of government.

According to the press service of the Parliament, in 33 years, the Parliament has held 1,895 sessions, during which it adopted 12,986 legislative acts. Fourteen constitutional laws, almost 6,000 organic laws and more than 508 ordinary laws were passed. The rest of the acts passed are resolutions and declarations of Parliament.

Until 2019, the convocations of the Parliament were held since the creation of the Moldovan SSR, after which it was decided to switch to the calculation from the elections of the first Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. Thus, the Parliament of the XIth convocation is now in operation.