Translation of "Loi concernant le ministère du Solliciteur général " (French → English) :

F. whereas opposition leader and Mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, who was democratically elected on 23 November 2008, has been unable to take up his duties as mayor because the City Council premises in the Palacio de Gobierno have been illegally occupied by Bolivarian groups, with the Venezuelan Ministry of the Interior so far having made no effort to remove them; whereas President Chávez has recently enacted a law directly affecting the powers of the Mayor, under which a hierarchical superior chosen by the President of the Republic has been appointed Head of the Government ...[+++] of Caracas, with authority over the Mayor of Caracas, who will be stripped of practically all his powers, including the administration of public finance, the drawing-up and implementation of development plans and supervision of the institutions of the decentralised administration of the Capital District,

9. Welcomes the improvements in the organisation and management of the police and security services, with the implementation of the new Law on the Ministry of the Interior; calls for the expansion of the specialised police units engaged in the fight against organised crime, corruption - in particular at the borders -, drugs and people trafficking, and further calls for improvements in salaries and conditions of service, fast-track promotion for outstanding officers, and provision of state-of-the-art equipment; at the same time Member States are requested to offer specialised training and further secondment of police officers with speci ...[+++]al expertise to the Bulgarian police in order to assist in clearing the backlog of high-profile crimes and curtailing the activities of crime bosses;

49. Reminds the Czech Republic that an efficient and effective civil service is an important prerequisite for both the political criteria and the implementation and enforcement of the acquis; calls on the Czech Republic to continue its implementation of a wide-ranging reform of the public administration and welcomes the fact that the Parliament has in the meantime adopted a civil service law; commends the activities of the Czech Republic in fighting corruption and economic crime by strengthening the police and prosecutors" services in these areas; welcomes in this connection the courage of investors to go public about existing example ...[+++]s of corruption, thereby helping to improve the investment climate in the Czech Republic;

Hon. Herb Gray (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Solicitor General of Canada, Lib.): In so far as the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Canada is concerned, the answer is as follows: As is a matter of public record, on December 2, 1993, the Minister of Justice wrote a letter to the Solicitor General of Canada regarding allegations of wrongdoing by the former government.

YEAS: 33, NAYS: 175 (See list under Division No. 302) Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(9), Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Gray (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Solicitor General of Canada), moved, — That Bill C–55, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (high risk offenders), the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, the Criminal Records Act, the Prisons and Reformatories Act and the Department of the Solicitor General Act, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

By Mr. Gray (Solicitor General of Canada)—Report of the Department of the Solicitor General for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1992, pursuant to section 5 of the Department of the Solicitor General Act, Chapter S–13, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985.—Sessional Paper No. 8560–351–25 (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Solicitor General).