The Constitutional Court rejected the Socialist MPs’ application by which they asked to pronounce on the constitutionality of the presidential decree to nominate Natalia Gavrilița as a candidate for Prime Minister as inadmissible, IPN reports.

The Court noted that based on the challenged decree, Natalia Gavrilița asked for a vote of confidence from Parliament for her government program and the Cabinet members. On February 11, 2021, the legislative body examined the candidate for premiership’s request and didn’t support her. By rejecting the request to vote in the Government, the challenged decree had its effect. The challenge lacks content and cannot be accepted for examination.

On March 24, representatives of the PSRM asked the CC to pronounce on the constitutionality of the presidential decree to nominate Natalia Gavrilița as a candidate for Prime Minister as this was published in the Official Gazette later than it was too. Also, the decree runs counter to Article 98 of the Constitution as the nomination of Natalia Gavrilița for Prime Minister and the presentation of the government program and the Cabinet were aimed not at obtaining a vote of confidence, but at triggering the dissolution of Parliament.