This is provided for in the bill, which proposes exemptions for this category of persons, valid for their entire term of office.
In particular, it is proposed to exempt from the obligation to undergo theoretical and practical training in the handling of firearms, as well as from the submission of medical documents confirming their psychological and medical adequacy for the possession and use of weapons and ammunition, persons holding public office, listed in the annex to Law No. 199/2010 on the status of persons holding public office. But only for the period of their activity.
The authors of the draft law argue that the occupation of public office is by mandate, obtained directly after the elections, or indirectly, by appointment to office in accordance with the law.
“Moreover, according to the above-mentioned normative act, a person who has an unexpunged criminal record for grave, especially grave and exceptionally grave crimes committed intentionally, as well as a person who has an expunged criminal record for committing crimes in the public sphere, including if he or she is released from criminal responsibility by amnesty or pardon, cannot be appointed to a public office. Accordingly, holding public office also presupposes exceptional personal qualities, which should arouse the confidence of voters, depending on the circumstances, of the government, parliament, the president of the RM,” the explanation to the draft law says.
The annex to the mentioned law contains a list of 59 positions, including not only the country’s president, speaker and prime minister, but also such formulations as “member of parliament”, “minister”, “chairman, deputy chairman of a district”, “chairman, deputy chairman, court judge” and others.
