Private firms not to have right to guard state institutions in Moldova

Chisinau, 25 September /MOLDPRES/ - The cabinet of ministers today positively notified a draft law which provides for a list of objects for which private guard is banned. The ministries and organizational structures within their sphere of competence, central administrative authorities subordinated to the government, including the public institutions financed from the state budget, the objects for the preservation and stocking or weapons, ammunitions, explosive materials and radioactive substances were included in the list.      

Also, the guard by private firms of the objects for the preservation and stocking of drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors (excepting private medical institutions and drug stores), law courts and General Prosecutor’s Office, as well as of the state enterprises and/or commercial societies with state capital and commercial companies where the state holds majority stake in the registered share capital will be prohibited.

After the parliament considers and adopts the law, the latter is scheduled to enter into force on 1 January 2020.   

Till 2015, the private organizations of detectives and guard did not have right to provide services for the state institutions; this fact was excluded through the adoption of the law on the amendment and completion of legislative acts in December 2015. Thus, the amendments made gave them right to provide services to any state object, except for the National Bank of Moldova, depots of weapons and ammunitions, radioactive, toxic and dangerous substances.