The Use of the Mother Language in Relation to the Local Public Administration Authorities. Comparative study Romania – Republic of Moldova
The Use of the Mother Language in Relation to the Local Public Administration Authorities. Comparative study Romania – Republic of Moldova

Summary/Abstract: In the relationship with the public administration authorities, the language used by the citizens represents an important aspect, a true binder on which depends the complete and unequivocal understanding of the rights and duties of the parties and the efficiency and effectiveness of a productive citizen-authority dialogue of the local public administration. In the moldovan legislation, Law nr. 436/28.12.2006 on the local public administration does not contain express provisions regarding the language used in relation to local public authorities, but there are provisions that bring to the fore the direct relationship between citizen and local public authority, for example through public consultation of certain issues of local interest, unrestricted public access to the State Register of local acts and others. In the Romanian legislation, provisions regarding the language used by citizens in relation to the local public administration authorities are in the Administrative Code, which, in various chapters, makes numerous clarifications regarding the official language and the language of national minorities, the communication of administrative acts of a normative nature and those of individual character, the use of the language of national minorities in the functioning of the city council and county council, as well as many common and transitory aspects. With few exceptions, the Administrative Code refers to the share of citizens who are part of a national minority that exceeds one fifth of the number of inhabitants within the respective administrative-territorial unit. An important aspect in the analysis of the way in which the mother language is used in the relationship of citizens with the public administration authorities in Romania is the signing of the European Charter of Regional or Minority Languages on 17.07.1995 and its ratification by Law no. 282 from 2007.

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