CC’s decision obliges lawmakers to start President election procedure

20.09.2011 18:06
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The September 20 decision by the Constitutional Court (CC) obliges the parliamentary parties to start the procedure for electing the head of state and there will be at least two candidates. The voting will be secret and one of them may win. But there is also the risk of early elections, political analyst Arcadie Barbarosie stated for Info-Prim Neo when asked to comment on the Court’s verdict. “I have always been in favor of such a decision as the Constitution clearly stipulates that the head of state is elected in Parliament by 61 votes. Even if the Constitution does not cover all the aspects, the situation should be remedied without amending Article 78,” said Arcadie Barbarosie. According to the analyst, the Constitution says the President is elected by 3/5 of votes regardless of the situations in Parliament and any other approach would have run counter to the principle laid down in the supreme law. The Constitutional Court Tuesday decided that the Parliament cannot institute another majority for electing the head of state by organic law when the Parliament is dissolved repeatedly following the non-election of the President.