CCRM

Constitution of Moldova

Constitution of the Republic of Moldova


În vigoare din data de 2016-03-18, valabil până înainte de 2023-03-24

Articol 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 state 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.

În vigoare din data de 2023-03-24

Articol 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.

Monitorul Oficial (MD)
Teil
2023
2023-03-24
Nr. 2


Articol I

Art. I. - In the text of the normative acts adopted by the Parliament:

the words "Moldovan language" in any grammatical form shall be replaced by the words "Romanian language" in the corresponding grammatical form;

the words "state language", "official language" and "mother tongue", in any grammatical form, if the state language of the Republic of Moldova is considered, shall be replaced by the words "Romanian language" in the corresponding grammatical form.

Art. II - The text "functioning on the basis of the Latin spelling" in Article 13(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova and the text "on the basis of the Latin spelling" in Article 6(2) and (3) of Law No. 173/2005 on the basic provisions of the special legal status of the localities on the left bank of the Dniester (Transnistria) is hereby rendered obsolete.