Today, November 16th,  the Cabinet of Ministers approved a draft law on amendment of the Constitution, specifically Articles 135 and 136 of the Law on the activity of the Supreme Constitutional Court.

According to the draft, the Constitutional Court judges will have a term of nine years, instead of the six-year term, with no right of renewal.

The document provides the changing of the Court composition,  composed of seven judges, with one more. The appointment manner is also changed, two of whom will be appointed by Parliament, two others by the Government, and two by the Superior Council of Magistracy and the seventh by the President of Moldova. The increase of the number of judges in the Constitutional Court also seeks to avoid decision blocks.

In this sense, bring examples of the Baltic states and Romania, where new judges. The office term is also inspired from Romania, Lithuania and Serbia, where the magistrates of the Constitutional Courts occupy the chairs for nine years.

Another amendment approved in the context of this project aims to widen the courts have the right to apply to the Court to resolve Constitutional exceptional cases of unconstitutionality of legal acts. Currently, it is the prerogative of the Supreme Court. According to the project, all Courts will have the right.

These amendments are to be reviewed and voted in the Parliament.