The law for which the Government assumed responsibility on April 2 is unconstitutional, the Constitutional Court ruled in the evening of April 13 after questioning the sides for almost six hours, IPN reports.
At the start of the hearing, the president of the Constitutional Court Vladimir Țurcan announced that he will not take part in the examination so as to remove any suspicion or allusion as to the impartiality of the inquiry.
As a result of deliberations, the CC accepted the challenges filed by the MPs of the Party
“Action and Solidarity”, the Party “Dignity and Truth Platform” and the Pro Moldova group and by independent MP Alexandr Oleinic.
The CC held that the law to institute measures to support the citizens and entrepreneurs during the state of emergency and the amendments to a number of regulations were adopted by not respecting the constitutional provisions concerning the assumption of responsibility by the Government.
Judge Eduard Ababii formulated a separate opinion. This is to be made public later.
The CC’s judgment is definitive and cannot be appealed. It takes effect when it is adopted and is published in the Official Gazette.
The Government adopted the given law by bypassing its passage through Parliament on April 2. The Parliament siting where the law was to be presented could not take place because the quorum was absent given that the Socialist and Democratic MPs didn’t show up. The law was promulgated and published in the Official Gazette.
On April 9, the CC accepted the challenge of PPPDA MP Dinu Plîngău and suspended the action of the law. At the meeting of the Commission for Exceptional Situations the next day, a number of provisions of the suspended law were adopted.
