Administrative Control Over The Activity Of Local Public Authorities In The Republic Of Moldova

One of the efficiency and lawfulness conditions of the local public authorities’ activity is the correct application of legal norms in their activity. According to the art. 109 of the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova, local public authorities work on the basis of the autonomy principle and decentralization of local public services. Therefore any control carried out over their activity should be stipulated by legal acts not to affect the principle of local autonomy. In Republic of Moldova, this type of control is called administrative control and it is included in Chapter IX of the Law concerning the local public administration nr. 436- XVI from December 28, 2006. Analyzing these norms it can be noticed that the classic notion of administrative guardianship does not fit our case because the legislation provides a rather strict control on lawfulness as well as opportunity carried out by the central government over local public authorities. Due to the lack of an actual mayor’s institution, the administrative control over the local public administration done by the Territorial Office of State Chancellery, organized in all 32 districts. In the present paper we shall analyze the competence, as well the procedure of carrying out the administrative control over local public authorities’ activity through present legislation.