CC meeting on the verification of the constitutionality of the political party "Șor" interrupted until June 19
The meeting of the Constitutional Court (CC) to examine the Government's application for verification of the constitutionality of the "Sor" party has been adjourned until 19 June, after hearing the final arguments of the parties. The next sitting will continue with the parties' replies and the deliberation of the judges' decision.
The hearing on Wednesday 14 June was devoted to the hearing of the parties' final arguments.
In his nearly three-hour speech, government lawyer Eduard Digore justified the referral to the Cabinet of Ministers for verification of the constitutionality of the Șor Party on the grounds that the party's leaders had allegedly defrauded public money, organised protests against money, illegally financed the party's activities and used foreign funding.
"The injustices to which society has been subjected by this political party and its leaders have reached such a high level that more and more the echoes of all their supposedly democratic actions and deeds, but which in fact shake democracy and the rule of law to its foundations, are beginning to be felt. From all the circumstances invoked in relation to all the evidence investigated before the High Court, we conclude in this part that the illegal facts and actions of the "Șor" Party are not singular, but are multiple repetitive, and the right to free expression and freedom of assembly are used as a screen in their exercise", explained Eduard Digore.
The Constitutional Court examines exclusively questions of law and can not assess the evidence administered in a criminal case, which is at the stage of criminal prosecution, said in his plea the defender of the Șor Party, Aureliu Colenco.
"I would like to point out one thing that in the Code of Constitutional Jurisprudence, the Constitutional Court examines exclusively questions of law. Therefore, the Constitutional Court cannot judge the evidence administered in a criminal case at the prosecution stage, especially if this entails a violation of the presumption of innocence. Moreover, the evidence presented by the Government of the Republic of Moldova is in fact inadmissible evidence", said Aureliu Colenco.
At the end of today's hearing, the 10th in number, the President of the Constitutional Court, Nicolae Rosca, announced that the judges would return on 19 June to hear the parties' rebuttals and decide on the ruling.
