MPs have adopted, in the second reading, a draft law aimed at strengthening the financial independence of the Court of Accounts of the Republic of Moldova, TRIBUNA reports.

The draft law amending the Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Court of Accounts provides for adjustments to the procedures for adopting the budget of the supreme audit institution. Under the new provisions, the Court of Accounts will submit its draft budget to the Parliament’s Committee on Economy, Budget and Finance, which will examine it and issue a mandatory opinion. At the same time, the Ministry of Finance will send the committee a consultative opinion on the document.

Once approved, the budget of the Court of Accounts will be transmitted to the Government, within the timeframe set by the budget calendar, for inclusion in the draft state budget law to be submitted to Parliament for adoption.

The draft also regulates the procedure for examining requests for additional allocations submitted by the Court of Accounts. These requests will be reviewed during the rectification of the state budget law.

Currently, the budget of the Court of Accounts is drafted and approved in accordance with the Law on Public Finance and Budgetary-Fiscal Responsibility, applicable to independent/autonomous budgetary authorities.

The document was drafted by the Ministry of Finance as part of the commitments undertaken by the Republic of Moldova in the EU accession process, reflected in the National Programme for Moldova’s Accession to the European Union for 2025–2029.