Parliament of Transnistria

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The Supreme Council[1] of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (Moldovan: Советул Супрем ал РМН, Sovietul Suprem al RMN, Russian: Верховный Совет Приднестровской Молдавской Республики, Verkhovny Soviet Pridniestrovskoy Moldavskoy Respubliki) is the parliament of Transnistria. The unicameral legislature consists of 43 seats, all of which are determined by single mandate constituencies. It is headed by a chairman.

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[edit] Jurisdiction

Moldova still considers Transnistria part of its territory, although Transnistria declared independence on 2 September 1990. Until 2005, the chairman of the parliament was Grigorii Marakutsa (Grigore Mărăcuţă), but following the election win of opposition party Renewal the new chairman became Renewal party leader Yevgeni Shevchuk. Both Marakutsa and Shevchuk are native-born Transnistrians.

[edit] Members of parliament

Most of the members of parliament are not native-born Transnistrians. According to official PMR data, only 15 members of the parliament out of 43 were born on the territory of Transnistria (12 in Transnistria proper, 3 in Bessarabian area of Bender-Chiţcani which is controlled by Transnistria), 4 were born in Bessarabia, part never claimed by Transnistria, 9 were born in the Russian Federation, 8 in Ukraine, 2 in Kazakhstan, 1 in Germany, 1 in Belarus, and 3 did not declare their origin. [2] Also a list published by the European Union indicates that a majority of the leadership, who are banned from traveling to the EU, were not born in Transnistria.[3]

[edit] Latest election

e•d Summary of the 11 December 2005 Parliament of Transnistria election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Renewal (Obnovleniye) . 23
Republic (Respublika) . 13
Allies of Renewal . 6
Non-partisans . 1
Total (turnout 56.3%)   43
Source: BHHRG. Renewal was an NGO, later registered - in June 2006 - as political party.

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The Transnistrian Supreme Soviet building in Tiraspol. In front is a statue of Lenin.
The Transnistrian Supreme Soviet building in Tiraspol. In front is a statue of Lenin.
  1. ^ Supreme Council of the PMR. Retrieved 2008-06-08
  2. ^ PMR Supreme Concil: Members of Parliament Supreme Council of the PMR. Retrieved 2006, 12-27
  3. ^ Council Decision 2006/96/CFSP of 14 February 2006 implementing Common Position 2004/179/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova European Union Law Official Journal. Feb 2, 2006. Retrieved 2006, 12-27

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