CCRM

Constitution of Moldova

Constitution of the Republic of Moldova


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Section 3
Legislation
Artikel   72 Categories of laws

(1) Parliament shall adopt constitutional laws, organic laws and ordinary laws.


(2) Constitutional laws are those of revision of the Constitution.


(3) Organic Law shall regulate:


      a) electoral system;


      b) organization and conduct of the referendum;


      c) organisation and functioning of Parliament;


      d) organization and functioning of government;


      e) organization and functioning of the Constitutional Court of the Superior Council of      Magistracy, courts, administrative litigation;


      f) organization of the local administration of the territory as well as the general regime  on local autonomy;


      g) organization and functioning of political parties;


      h) how to establish the exclusive economic zone;


      i) the general legal regime of property and inheritance;


      j) general arrangements for employment relations, trade unions and social protection;


      k) general organization of education;


      l) general regime of religious cults;


      m) state of emergency, siege and war regime;


      n) offences, punishments and the regime of their execution;


      o) granting amnesty and pardon;


      p) other areas for which the Constitution provides for the adoption of organic laws;


      r) other areas for which Parliament considers it necessary to adopt organic laws.


(4) ordinary laws intervene in any area of social relations, except those reserved for constitutional and organic laws.

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Artikel   73 Legislative initiative

The right of legislative initiative belongs to the deputies in the Parliament, to the President of the Republic of Moldova, to the Government, to the People's Assembly of the Gagauzia Autonomous Territorial Unit.

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Artikel   74 Adoption of laws and decisions

(1) The organic laws are adopted with the vote of the majority of the elected deputies, after at least two readings.


(2) The ordinary laws and decisions are adopted with the vote of the majority of the deputies present.


(3) The draft laws presented by the Government, as well as the legislative proposals of the deputies accepted by it shall be examined by the Parliament in the manner and according to the priorities established by the Government, including in the emergency procedure. Other legislative proposals are examined in the established manner.


(4) The laws shall be sent for promulgation to the President of the Republic of Moldova.

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Artikel   75 The Referendum

(1) The most important issues of the society and of the state are subject to the referendum.


(2) The decisions adopted according to the results of the republican referendum have supreme legal power.

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Artikel   76 Entry into force of the law

The law shall be published in the Official Gazette (Monitorul Oficial) of the Republic of Moldova and shall enter into force on the date of its publication or on the date provided for in its text. The non-publication of the law entails its non-existence.

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Chapter V
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Artikel   77 President of the Republic of Moldova, Head of State

(1) The President of the Republic of Moldova is the Head of State.


(2) The President of the Republic of Moldova represents the state and is the guarantor of the sovereignty, national independence, unity and territorial integrity of the country.

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Artikel   78 Election of the President

(1) The President of the Republic of Moldova is elected by universal, equal, direct, secret and free vote.

(2) The citizen with the right to vote who has reached the age of 40, has lived or permanently resides on the territory of the Republic of Moldova for not less than 10 years and possesses the Romanian language may be elected President of the Republic of Moldova.

(3) The candidate who has gathered at least half of the votes of the voters who participated in the elections shall be declared elected.

(4) If none of the candidates has obtained this majority, a second ballot shall be held between the first two candidates established in the order of the number of votes obtained in the first round. The candidate who obtained the highest number of votes is declared elected, provided that their number is higher than the number of votes cast against the candidate.

(5) is declared invalid by the Constitutional Court https://www.legis.md/search/getResults?doc_id=91383&lang=en)

(6) The procedure for electing the President of the Republic of Moldova is established by organic law.

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Artikel   79 Validation of the mandate and taking the oath

(1) The result of the elections for the office of President of the Republic of Moldova is validated by the Constitutional Court.


(2) The candidate whose election has been validated shall submit the following oath before the Parliament and the Constitutional Court at the latest 45 days after the election:


"I swear to give all my power and skill to the advancement of the Republic of Moldova, to respect the Constitution and the laws of the country, to defend democracy, fundamental human rights and freedoms, sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Moldova".

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Artikel   80 Term of office

(1) The term of office of the President of the Republic of Moldova lasts 4 years and is exercised from the date of taking the oath.


(2) The President of the Republic of Moldova shall exercise his mandate until the swearing in of the newly elected President.


(3) The mandate of the President of the Republic of Moldova may be extended, by organic law, in case of war or catastrophe.


(4) No person may hold the office of President of the Republic of Moldova except for a maximum of two consecutive terms.

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Artikel   81 Incompatibility and immunities

(1) The status of President of the Republic of Moldova is incompatible with the exercise of any other remunerated function.


(2) The President of the Republic of Moldova enjoys immunity. He may not be held legally liable for the opinions expressed in the exercise of his mandate.


(3) Parliament may decide to impeach the President of the Republic of Moldova, with the vote of at least two thirds of the elected deputies, if he commits a crime. Jurisdiction belongs to the Supreme Court of Justice under the law. The president is dismissed by law on the date of finality of the sentence.

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Artikel   84 Messages

(1) The President of the Republic of Moldova may take part in the work of the Parliament.


(2) The President of the Republic of Moldova sends messages to Parliament on the main problems of the nation.

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Artikel   85 Dissolution of Parliament

(1) In case of impossibility to form the Government or to block the procedure of adopting the laws for 3 months, the President of the Republic of Moldova, after consulting the parliamentary factions, may dissolve the Parliament.


(2) The Parliament may be dissolved, if it has not accepted the vote of confidence for the formation of the Government within 45 days from the first request and only after the rejection of at least two requests for investiture.


(3) Parliament may be dissolved only once in a year.


(4) The Parliament cannot be dissolved in the last 6 months of the mandate of the President of the Republic of Moldova, except for the case provided in art. 78 para. (5), nor during the state of emergency, siege or war.

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Artikel   86 Foreign policy duties

(1) The President of the Republic of Moldova holds negotiations and takes part in negotiations, concludes international treaties on behalf of the Republic of Moldova and presents them in the manner and within the time limit set by law for ratification to Parliament.


(2) The President of the Republic of Moldova, on a proposal from the Government, accredits and recalls the diplomatic representatives of the Republic of Moldova and approves the establishment, abolition or change of the rank of diplomatic missions.


(3) The President of the Republic of Moldova receives the credentials and recall letters of the diplomatic representatives of other states in the Republic of Moldova.

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Artikel   87 Defence duties

(1) The President of the Republic of Moldova is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.


(2) The President of the Republic of Moldova may declare, with the prior approval of the Parliament, partial or general mobilization.


(3) In case of armed aggression against the country, the President of the Republic of Moldova takes measures to reject aggression, declares a state of war and brings them to the attention of Parliament without delay. If Parliament is not in session, it shall convene as a matter of law within 24 hours of the start of the aggression.


(4) The President of the Republic of Moldova may take other measures to ensure national security and public order, within the limits and under the conditions of the law.

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Artikel   88 Other duties

The President of the Republic of Moldova also performs the following duties:


a) confer decorations and titles of honour;


b) grant supreme military degrees provided for by law;


c) solves the problems of citizenship of the Republic of Moldova and grants political asylum;


d) appoint to public office, under the conditions laid down by law;


e) grant individual pardon;


f) may ask the people to express their will in the referendum on matters of national interest;


g) grant diplomatic ranks;


h) confers higher classification levels for workers in the prosecutor's office, judges and other categories of officials, in accordance with the law;


i) suspend the acts of the Government that contravene the legislation until the adoption of the final decision of the Constitutional Court.


j) exercise other powers established by law.

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Artikel   89

(1) In case of committing serious deeds by which he violates the provisions of the Constitution, the President of the Republic of Moldova may be suspended from office by the Parliament, with the vote of two thirds of the deputies.


(2) The proposal for suspension from office may be initiated by at least one third of the deputies and shall be brought, without delay, to the knowledge of the President of the Republic of Moldova. The President may give an explanation to Parliament as to the facts alleged against him.


(3) If the proposal for suspension of office is approved, a referendum shall be held within 30 days for the dismissal of the President.

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Artikel   90 Vacancy of the function

(1) The vacation of the position of President of the Republic of Moldova occurs in case of expiration of the mandate, resignation, dismissal, final impossibility of exercising the attributions or death.


(2) The request for resignation of the President of the Republic of Moldova is presented to the Parliament, which decides on it.


(3) The impossibility of exercising the attributions for more than 60 days by the President of the Republic of Moldova is confirmed by the Constitutional Court within 30 days from the notification.


(4) Within 2 months from the date on which the vacation of the position of President of the Republic of Moldova took place, elections for a new President shall be organized, in accordance with the law.

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Artikel   91 Interim function

If the position of President of the Republic of Moldova becomes vacant or if the President is dismissed or if he is temporarily unable to exercise his duties, the interim shall be provided, in order, by the President of the Parliament or by the Prime Minister.

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Artikel   92 Responsibilities of the Interim President

If the person acting as President of the Republic of Moldova commits serious acts in violation of the provisions of the Constitution, Article 89(1) and Article 91 shall apply.

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Artikel   93 Promulgation of laws

(1) The President of the Republic of Moldova promulgates the laws.


(2) The President of the Republic of Moldova is entitled, if he objects to a law, to send it, within two weeks at the latest, to parliament for review. If Parliament upholds its previous decision, the President shall promulgate the law.

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Artikel   94 Acts of the President

(1) In the exercise of his duties, the President of the Republic of Moldova issues decrees, binding on execution throughout the state. The decrees are published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Moldova.


(2) Decrees issued by the President in the exercise of his duties as provided for in Article 86(2), Article 87(2), (3) and (4) shall be countersigned by the Prime Minister.

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Artikel   95 Financial resources of the President's apparatus, allowance and other rights

(1) The financial resources of the apparatus of the President of the Republic of Moldova shall be approved, on his proposal, by the Parliament and shall be included in the state budget.


(2) The allowance and other rights of the President of the Republic of Moldova shall be determined by law.

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Chapter IV
THE GOVERNMENT
Artikel   96 Role

(1) The Government shall ensure the implementation of the internal and external policy of the State and exercise the general leadership of the public administration.


(2) In the exercise of its powers, the Government shall be governed by its programme of activity, accepted by Parliament.

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Artikel   97 Structure

The government consists of the Prime Minister, First Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers and other members established by organic law.

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Artikel   98 Investiture

(1) After consulting the parliamentary factions, the President of the Republic of Moldova nominates a candidate for the position of Prime Minister.


(2) The candidate for the position of Prime Minister shall request, within 15 days from the appointment, the vote of confidence of the Parliament on the activity program and of the entire list of the Government.


(3) The activity program and the list of the Government are debated in the sitting of the Parliament. It gives confidence to the Government with the vote of the majority of the elected deputies


(4) Based on the vote of confidence granted by the Parliament, the President of the Republic of Moldova appoints the Government.


(5) The Government exercises its attributions from the day of taking the oath by its members before the President of the Republic of Moldova.


(6) In case of governmental reshuffle or vacancy of office, the President of the Republic of Moldova revokes and appoints at the proposal of the Prime Minister, some members of the Government.

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Artikel   99 Incompatibilities

(1) The position of member of the Government is incompatible with the exercise of any other remunerated function.


(2) Other incompatibilities shall be established by organic law.

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Artikel   100 Termination of membership of the Government

The position of member of the Government ceases in case of resignation, revocation, incompatibility or death.

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Artikel   101 Prime Minister

(1) The Prime Minister leads the Government and coordinates the activity of its members, respecting their attributions.


(2) In case of impossibility of the Prime Minister to exercise his attributions or in case of his death, the President of the Republic of Moldova shall appoint another member of the Government as interim Prime Minister until the formation of the new Government. The interim period during the impossibility of exercising the attributions ceases, if the Prime Minister resumes his activity in the Government.


(3) In case of resignation of the Prime Minister, the whole Government resigns.

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Artikel   102 Government Acts

(1) The Government adopts decisions, ordinances and dispositions.


(2) The decisions are adopted for the organization of the execution of the laws.


(3) The ordinances are issued under the conditions of article 1062.


(4) The decisions and ordinances adopted by the Government shall be signed by the Prime Minister, countersigned by the ministers who have the obligation to implement them and shall be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Moldova. Non-publication entails the non-existence of the decision or ordinance.


(5) The dispositions are issued by the Prime Minister for the organization of the internal activity of the Government.

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Artikel   103 Termination of office

(1) The government shall exercise its mandate until the date of validation of the elections for a new Parliament.


(2) The Government in the event of a vote of no confidence by the Parliament, the resignation of the Prime Minister or in the case of paragraph 1, performs only the functions of administration of public affairs, until the swearing-in by the members of the new Government.

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Chapter VII
RELATIONS OF PARLIAMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT
Artikel   104 Informing Parliament

(1) The Government is responsible to Parliament and presents the information and documents requested by it, its committees and Members.


(2) Members of the Government shall have access to the work of Parliament. If they are required to attend, their participation shall be compulsory.

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Artikel   105 Questions and interpellations

(1) The Government and each of its members are obliged to answer questions or questions raised by Members.


(2) Parliament may adopt a motion expressing its position on the subject of the appeal.

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Artikel   106 Expression of distrust

(1) Parliament, on the proposal of at least one-fourth of the Members, may express its distrust of the Government, with the vote of the majority of The Members.


(2) The initiative to express distrust shall be examined 3 days after the date of submission to Parliament.

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Artikel   106 .1 Government accountability

(1) The Government may assume responsibility before the Parliament on a program, a general policy statement or a draft law.


(2) The Government is dismissed if the motion of censure, submitted within 3 days from the presentation of the program, the general policy statement or the draft law, was voted under the conditions of article 106.


(3) If the Government has not been dismissed in accordance with paragraph 2, the bill presented shall be deemed to have been adopted and the program or general policy statement shall become binding on the Government.

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Artikel   106 .2 Legislative delegation

(1) In order to carry out the activity program of the Government, the Parliament may adopt, at its proposal, a special law empowering the Government to issue ordinances in areas that are not subject to organic laws.


(2) The enabling law shall establish, obligatorily, the field and the date until which ordinances may be issued.


(3) The ordinances enter into force on the date of publication, without being promulgated.


(4) If the enabling law requires it, the ordinances are subject to the approval of the Parliament. The draft law on the approval of ordinances is presented within the term established in the empowerment law. Failure to comply with this deadline will result in termination of the effects of the ordinance. If Parliament does not reject the draft law on the approval of ordinances, they remain in force.


(5) After the expiration of the term established for issuing the ordinances, they may be abrogated, suspended or amended only by law. "

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Chapter VIII
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Artikel   107 Specialized central public administration

(1) The central specialized bodies of the state are the ministries. They translate into life, according to the law, the government's policy, its decisions and provisions, lead the areas entrusted and are responsible for their work.


(2) For the purposes of management, coordination and control in the field of economic organisation and in other areas not directly within the powers of ministries, other administrative authorities shall be established, under the law.

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Artikel   108 Armed forces

(1) The armed forces are subordinated exclusively to the will of the people to guarantee sovereignty, independence and unity, the territorial integrity of the country and constitutional democracy.


(2) The structure of the national defence system shall be established by organic law.

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Artikel   109 Basic principles of local public administration

(1) Public administration in territorial administrative units is based on the principles of local autonomy, decentralisation of public services, eligibility of local public administration authorities and consultation of citizens on local issues of special interest.


(2) Autonomy concerns both the organization and functioning of local public administration, as well as the


the communities they represent.


(3) The application of the principles set out may not affect the character of a unitary State.

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Artikel   110 Administrative-territorial organization

(1) The territory of the Republic of Moldova is organized, from an administrative point of view, in villages, cities, districts and the autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia. Under the law, some cities can be declared municipalities.


(2) The localities on the left bank of the Dniester may be assigned special forms and conditions of autonomy in accordance with the special statute adopted by organic law.


(3) The status of the capital of the Republic of Moldova, the city of Chisinau, is regulated by an organic law.

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Artikel   111 Gagauzia Autonomous Territorial Unit

(1) Gagauzia is an autonomous territorial unit with a special status which, being a form of self-determination of Gagauzia, is an integral and inalienable part of the Republic of Moldova and resolves independently, within the limits of its competence, according to the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova. the whole population, political, economic and cultural issues.


(2) On the territory of the autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia are guaranteed all the rights and freedoms provided by the Constitution and the legislation of the Republic of Moldova.


(3) In the autonomous territorial unit Gagauzia activates representative and executive bodies according to the law.


(4) The land, the subsoil, the waters, the vegetal and the animal kingdom, other natural resources located on the territory of the autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia are the property of the people of the Republic of Moldova and at the same time constitute the economic base of Gagauzia.


(5) The budget of the autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia shall be formed in accordance with the norms established in the law governing the special status of Gagauzia.


(6) The control over the observance of the legislation of the Republic of Moldova in the autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia is exercised by the Government, in accordance with the law.


(7) The organic law regulating the special status of the autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia may be amended by the vote of three-fifths of the number of deputies elected to Parliament.

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Artikel   112 Village and city authorities

(1) The public administration authorities, through which local autonomy is exercised in villages and towns, are


elected local councils and elected mayors.


(2) Local councils and mayors act, under the law, as autonomous administrative authorities and solve public affairs in villages and towns.


(3) The choice of local councils and mayors, as well as their powers, shall be determined by law.

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Artikel   113 District Council

(1) The district council shall coordinate the work of the village and town councils with a view to carrying out public services of district interest.


(2) The district council shall be elected and shall operate in accordance with the law.


(3) Relations between local public authorities are based on the principles of autonomy, legality and collaboration in solving common problems.

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