CC against amending Constitution article on MP immunity

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14 February 2023
11:12

The Constitutional Court (CC) does not support the amendment of Article 70 of the Constitution, which refers to the immunity of MPs. The institution disapproved of a relevant bill submitted by MPs of the Party of Action and Solidarity, IPN reports.

CC president Domnica Manole said that Article 70 of the Constitution provides that the MP cannot be detained, arrested, searched, except for cases when the person is caught red-handed, or brought to justice without the Parliament’s consent, after listening to this. This text guarantees personal immunity to the MPs, ensuring their independence, protection from abuses and pressure in the form of threats, deprivation of liberty or legal proceedings.

By the proposal to review the Constitution, the authors suggest that the MP should be able to give up the possibility of being listened to by Parliament and the procedure for Parliament to give its consent to lift his/her immunity for being detained, arrested, searched or brought to justice.

‘The Court held that the bill to amend Article 70 of the Constitution suppresses the guarantees of the right to personal liberty. This way, the bill runs counter to Article 142, paragraph 2 of the Constitution. As the Court reached such a conclusion, it didn’t analyze the compliance of the bill to amend the Constitution with the other fundamental rights to which it refers,” Domnica Manole stated in a press briefing.

The Court’s decision is definitive and cannot be challenged. It takes effect when it is adopted and is published in the Official Gazette.

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The PRESS AGENCY IPN invites media representatives to the public debate on the topic: “Neutrality and the defense capacity of the citizen and the state”, the 354th edition of the series “Developing political culture in public debates”. Participants: Dionis Cenusa, political scientist, associate expert at the Center for Eastern European Studies, Lithuania; Andrei Curararu, expert in international and national security, WatchDog Community; Igor Botan, permanent expert of the project /Conference room of the IPN Agency, Teatrului street, 2/2, 3rd floor, online on the YouTube channel of the Agency, on the Facebook page IPN Press Agency and accessed later in the archive; Realitatea TV, live or replayed, as well as on www.Rlive.md /at 11:00 AM/.

The Ministry of Education and Research, in partnership with the Interethnic Relations Agency, the Ethnographic Association of Roma and the “Voice of the Roma” Coalition, is organizing a roundtable discussion entitled: “The Memory of the Roma Holocaust – lessons for the present and future”, in the context of the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of the Holocaust against the Roma /Government House, entrance from Banulescu-Bodoni Street /at 11:00 AM/.

Flower laying and the unveiling ceremony of the commemorative plaque dedicated to the memory of the Holocaust victims against the Roma during the Second World War will take place /at the Visterniceni Station area in the city of Chisinau, Petricani street no. 3 /at 03:00 PM/.

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CC against amending Constitution article on MP immunity

IPN.md

14 February 2023
11:12

The Court’s decision is definitive and cannot be challenged. It takes effect when it is adopted and is published in the Official Gazette.

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Fugitive Ilan Sor has been sent to trial in a case involving the embezzlement of 100 million dollars from the assets of the Savings Bank. According to the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, he is accused of having organized and coordinated, during the period 2013-2014, a criminal group that would have implemented the scheme of withdrawing money from the bank, reports IPN.

The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office clarifies that, at that time, Ilan Sor was the chairman of the BEM Board of Directors. According to the accusation, he is alleged to have played the role of organizer, instigator, and co-author of the scheme, acting together with other involved individuals.

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