The Constitutional Court accepted the challenge filed by PAS MP Sergiu Litvinenco and declared unconstitutional Article 19, par. 1, letter e of the Law on the Constitutional Court. The representatives of the Government and Parliament didn’t show up, IPN reports.
The challenge to the Court was a submitted in connection with the control initiated by the National Integrity Authority in relation to the CC president Domnica Manole.
According to the MP, the NIA understood the challenged norm as possibility of checking an alleged conflict of interest, not only in the case of adoption of administrative acts of the Court, but also of jurisdictional documents, such as decisions and opinions. The law does nor differentiate between jurisdictional and administrative decisions in whose adoption a constitutional judge can take part.
The given decision is final, cannot be challenged, takes effect when it is adopted and is published in the Official Gazette.
After the judgment was passed, the MP said this means that the evidently abusive attempts of the National Integrity Authority were thwarted. “I advise again the NIA to ultimate start to fulfill its duties in accordance with the law,” stated Litvinenco.
