The Constitutional Court (CC) held there are circumstances that justify the suspension of the President of the Republic of Moldova from office within the Parliament dissolution procedure following Igor Dodon’s deliberate refusal to fulfil his constitutional duty to notify the CC for this to ascertain the circumstances that lead to the dissolution of Parliament of the tenth legislature. A notice to this effect was issued in the morning of June 9 ensuing the examination of a challenge filed by Democratic MPs on June 8, IPN reports.

According to the notice, acting Prime Minister Pavel Filip, as the acting President of the Republic of Moldova, will request the Constitutional Court to determine the circumstances that justify the dissolution of Parliament of the tenth legislature and, if need be, will issue a Parliament dissolution decree and will set the date of snap legislative elections.

The CC’s judgement is definitive, cannot be challenged, takes effect when it is passed and is published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Moldova.

On June 8, the CC ruled that President Igor Dodon’s decree to appoint Maia Sandu Prime Minister and his decree on the formation of the Government of the Republic of Moldova are unconstitutional. The ruling was made shortly after the appointment of the Socialist leader Zinaida Grecheanyi was declared unconstitutional. By another judgement, the CC said yesterday’s activity of Parliament was illegal.