Government to consider lodging new application with Constitutional Court
The Cabinet will convene for several times before the elections, but there hasn’t been yet taken a decision whether to convoke a special meeting following the suspension of the examination of Prime Minister Vlad Filat’s challenge by the Constitutional Court, which argued only the Government can lodge such an application, the Premier’s spokesman Igor Volnitski stated for Info-Prim Neo.
“We now have the quorum for calling a meeting. 12 of the 22 members of the Cabinet are working. The Government will examine the Constitutional Court’s decision and decide what steps to take,” Igor Volnitski added.
Vlad Filat challenged the constitutionality of Article 13 of the Election Code, saying it is against Article 103 of the Constitution to force the ministers to resign for the period of the campaign as this article provides the Government's mandate ends when a new Cabinet is constituted.
Article 13 obliges the members of the Cabinet and public servants to quit their posts for the period of the election campaign if they are registered as election contenders. The Court will resume the examination immediately after a relevant Government Decision is made.