The Constitutional Court is set to examine next week the notification submitted by the Ministry of Justice regarding the constitutional control of some provisions from the Law on the special legal status of Gagauzia, the Law on police activity, and the Electoral Code. The meeting is scheduled for July 7, reports IPN.
The Ministry of Justice contests provisions that grant the Gagauz People’s Assembly powers in approving the composition of the region’s electoral body, as well as in the appointment procedures of the leadership of certain territorial structures of the Police, Information and Security Service, and the Justice Directorate in Gagauzia.
The authors of the complaint argue that these norms contravene the Constitution, as they allow the involvement of a local authority in exercising duties that fall under the exclusive competence of state institutions. According to the Ministry of Justice, Gagauzia’s autonomy must be exercised within the limits of the Constitution and cannot affect the functioning of national authorities in areas such as security, public order, justice, and the organization of elections.
In the argumentation of the notification, the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court is also invoked, including the decision from April 2025, which declared unconstitutional provisions regarding the involvement of the People’s Assembly in the appointment of the chief prosecutor of the UTA Gagauzia Prosecutor’s Office.
The referral to the Constitutional Court comes in the context of the electoral deadlock in Gagauzia, following the expiration of the Popular Assembly’s mandate at the end of 2025. The elections have been postponed repeatedly due to a dispute concerning the Popular Assembly’s right to approve the composition of the regional electoral body, with Comrat insisting on the creation of its own Central Electoral Commission, while the Electoral Code provides for the constituency electoral council.
