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ΜΟΛΔΑΒΙΑ. ΜΕ ΑΝΤΙΔΡΑΣΕΙΣ "ΠΕΡΑΣΕ" Ο ΝΟΜΟΣ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΔΙΑΚΡΙΣΕΩΝ

Anti-discrimination law published in Moldova
allmoldova.com, 29/6/2012
On Tuesday, the Monitorul Oficial governmental newspaper published the Law on Ensuring Equality.
The two-page document consists of 5 articles. One of them stipulates the establishment of a Council for discrimination prevention and liquidation, and for ensuring equality.
The Council consists of 5 persons belonging to no political party or movement. They are appointed by parliament for 5 years. Three of the Council members must be civil society representatives. Three must have university diplomas of lawyers.
The Council is elected through holding a public contest. The Council will be eligible to accept complaints from citizens who believe they have been discriminated on racial, sexual or other grounds, and such complaints must be examined within 30-90 days.
With the adoption of the said Law, the Moldovan authorities have thus met all their commitments to the European Union. The Parliament has adopted the so-called ‘package of European laws’ consisting of 42 documents. The Law on Ensuring Equality was one of the hardest to pass because the document has stirred up a painful reaction in the Moldovan society.
In particular, the Orthodox Lawyers’ Association and a number of Orthodox Christian organizations have demanded to anathematize Prime Minister Vladimir Filat, Minister of Justice Oleg Efrim and Constitutional Court Chairman Alexandru Tanase.
Many Orthodox believers are threatening they will request Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia His Holiness Kirill to replace the Metropolitan of Chisinau and All Moldova, Vladimir, and other senior Church personalities, in a belief that the Head of the Moldovan Orthodox Church has failed to present to the authorities the position of local worshippers and the Church, standing categorically against the Law on Ensuring Equality.
The Law shall come into effect on January 1, 2013.

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