The current composition of the Constitutional Court exceeded the constitutional limits as it shouldn’t have allowed the Speaker of Parliament or the Prime Minister to hold office of President on an interim basis so as to sign the decree to name the minister of defense, said invitees of the talk show “Key issue” on NTV Moldova channel, IPN reports.
Socialist MP Vlad Batrancea said the Constitutional Court exceeded the constitutional limits and law norms. “The judges showed that they serve the Democratic Party and are politically controlled. These people rewrite the text of the Constitution and draw friendly conclusions resulting from preambles that do not exist in the supreme law,” he stated.
Politologist Zurab Todua noted that by its decision, the Constitutional Court worsened the situation and aggravated the impasse concerning the appointment of the minister of defense. The Court shouldn’t have dealt with something like this. “The Constitutional Court in other states does not interpret the Constitution and does not adopt decisions that in some parts replace the supreme law or supplement it. This Court everywhere simply checks the compliance of the bills passed by Parliament with the Constitution,” he said.
The Constitutional Court on October 20 decided that the Speaker of Parliament or the Prime Minister will hold office of President on an interim basis for issuing the decree to name the minister of defense. Given that the President deliberately refused to fulfill the constitutional obligation to name the candidate proposed two times by the Premier for minister of defense, this will be temporarily removed from office.
