The Constitutional Court has decided to connect the referral submitted by the Gagauz People’s Assembly regarding certain provisions of the Electoral Code with the referral previously submitted by the Ministry of Justice. At the same time, the constitutional judges rejected the APG’s request to seek the opinion of the Venice Commission and the move to suspend the examination of the referral submitted by the Ministry of Justice, reports IPN.
The APG complaint was filed before the Court session and targets several provisions of the Electoral Code related to the organization and functioning of the electoral authority in autonomy. Among these are the use of the phrase “Central Electoral Council of Gagauzia”, as well as articles 17 and 36, which establish the role of this institution in organizing elections and referendums.
The Ministry of Justice has notified the Court regarding the constitutional control of some provisions from the Law on the special legal status of Gagauzia, the Law on police activity, and the Electoral Code. The institution challenges the norms that grant the People’s Assembly powers in approving the composition of the region’s electoral body, as well as in the appointment procedures of the leadership of some territorial structures of the Police, the Information and Security Service, and the Justice Directorate in Gagauzia.
The two notifications will be examined within the same procedure. The Constitutional Court session continues today and tomorrow, July 8th.
