15:18 | 26.06.2019 Category: Political

Chisinau, 26 June /MOLDPRES/ - The magistrates of the Constitutional Court (CCM) have resigned in corpore. A press release to this effect was published on CCM’s website.

„Today, 26 June 2019, the judges of the Constitutional Court resigned in corpore. The ceasing of the mandate and the vacancy of the positions of Constitutional Court judges will be announced to the authorities in charge of the nomination of new judges. Mr. Judge Veaceslav Zaporojan was empowered by the Plenum of the Constitutional Court to exercise the administrative powers of the Court’s president till the election of the new president,” the CCM’s communiqué reads.

The Constitutional Court is made up of six judges, appointed for a mandate of six years. Two judges were nominated by the parliament, two ones – by the government and two judges – by the Superior Council of Magistracy. The constitutional judges benefit from immunity. They cannot be detained, arrested, searched, sent to court without preliminary agreement of the Constitutional Court. These judges can hold this office during two mandates.