
// Russia and New States of Eurasia. 2024. no. III (LXIV). P. 72-90
Igor S. Putintsev, Cand. Sci. (History), MGIMO University (Moscow, Russian Federation), Vice-Rector, Associate Professor of the Department of European and American Studies.
Received 19.07.2024. Revised 09.10.2024. Accepted 14.10.2024.
Abstract. Moldova saw intense political struggle in the last decades. Many times it led to a power change. Researchers focus primarily on the main actors: the Parliament, the President, the Government, the parties. This article examines another principal subject that is the Constitutional Court (CC). This body was supposed to be an impartial arbitrator that resolves conflicts between different institutions, but in practice it has significantly exceeded its power limits designed by the authors of the Moldova’s constitution. The influence on the СС has become one of the main trump cards in the struggle for power, for several times it has determined its outcome. Politization of the CC, its alignment with some political forces to the detriment of others had become so evident in the 2010s that in Juny 2019 all the constitutional judges were forced to resign early. This precedent that was quite untypical in world practice has not completely resolved the existing problems, and they can still be seen in Moldova.
Keywords: Moldova, Constitutional Court, form of government, M. Snegur, P. Lucinschi, V. Voronin, V. Filat, V. Plahotniuc, I. Dodon, M. Sandu
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