The Constitutional Court of Moldova overturned Dodon's referendum on expanding the powers of the president
The Constitutional Court of Moldova annulled the decree of President Igor Dodon on holding a referendum on expanding the powers of the head of state in September this year.
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The Moldovan portal reports this AVA.MD “PolitNavigator” correspondent reports.
“The President of the Republic of Moldova does not have the power to change the country’s constitution,” said the Chairman of the Constitutional Court, Tudor Pantsiru.
Previously, Dodon signed a decree on holding a consultative referendum in September this year. Citizens had to answer the following questions: do they agree with the reduction in the number of parliamentary deputies from 101 to 71, with the replacement of the subject History of Romanians in Moldovan schools with the History of Moldova.
A separate issue in the referendum was related to expanding the powers of the head of state and granting him the right to dissolve parliament and call early parliamentary elections.
The initiators of the lawsuit to the Constitutional Court against the presidential referendum were deputies of parliament from the Liberal Party.
Dodon, in turn, said that if the Constitutional Court decides negatively, he will sign a new decree on the referendum. The main political conflict in the country is now between a weak president, who advocates a multi-vector approach, and a strong government, based on a parliamentary majority, pursuing a strict pro-NATO and pro-European course.
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