Almost half of the articles of the supreme law must be modified, Constitutional Court judge Victor Popa said in a special edition of Radio Moldova’s program “Place for dialogue”, which was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova, IPN reports.
Victor Popa said that a Court’s analysis of the Constitution revealed that two articles are ambiguous, eight articles were formulated incorrectly, two articles produce political instability, and another 24 articles also need to be amended.
According to Popa, the biggest constitutional problem that must be solved is changing the form of government in order to avoid political instability and, consequently, economic and social instability. “Of all the European states with parliamentary forms of government, only Moldova has a closed system for electing the head of state. Our Constitution provides that the head of state is elected by the votes of 3/5 of the lawmakers. If the President is not elected in the second round, Parliament is dissolved. Polls show that most of the respondents are for directly electing the head of state,” said the judge.
Victor Popa added that the constitutional norms concerning judicial organization and the election of the prosecutor general should also be amended so as to make sure that the justice sector reform is successful.
The Constitutional Court judge noted that in the context of the European integration process, there should be amended Article 2 of the supreme law, which stipulates that sovereignty belongs to the people. “If Moldova joins the European Union, it will lose a part of its sovereignty as it will have to comply with the norms and conditions of the EU,” stated Victor Popa.
