New parliament is to convene by no later December 28
The Moldovan Parliament of a new convocation is supposed to hold its first plenary meeting by no later than December 28, i.e. one calendar month after elections, as per the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova.
According to the Main Law, the mandate of the current, outgoing Parliament shall be valid until the above-mentioned first plenary sitting, and during this post-election period the old Parliament may not make amendments in the Constitution or organic laws.
Within 48 hours upon the declaration of final election results, the Central Election Commission must submit to the Constitutional Court the lists of new elected parliamentarians and of candidates for parliament - parties' waiting lists. Central Election Commission Chairman Eugen Stirbu stated that the Commission will finally draw up the election results on December 2, by which time the entire paperwork should be completed and all documents from overseas polling stations should reach Chisinau.
The Constitutional Court will have at its disposal 10 days to prepare a conclusion on the legality of the November 28 elections and on recognizing the elected deputies' mandates as valid. The Protocol on election results and the Constitutional Court's conclusion are to be submitted to parliament within maximum 2 subsequent days.
If the Constitutional Court reveals violations of the voting or vote-count procedure serious enough to influence the election outcome, the Court declares the elections null and void, which means that a repeat election is to be organized within subsequent 14 days.
Responsibility for organizing the first plenary sitting lays on the incumbent Speaker of Parliament, Acting President Mihai Ghimpu, and the session will be chaired by the forum's oldest parliamentarian - the 69-year-old leader of the Communist Party, former Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin.
The new lawmakers are supposed to elect Speaker and Deputy Speakers of Parliament; to form parliamentary factions [groups] and Standing Committees, and an ad hoc commission for election of a new head of state.
In Moldova, president must be not younger than 40, must have resided in Moldova permanently for minimum 10 last years, and must speak the country's official language. The head of state is elected by minimum 61 deputies of the 101-member Parliament of Moldova.
New President, upon consultations with parliamentary factions, nominates a candidacy for Prime Minister and entrusts the formation of a new Government to him or her. The Parliament then puts to the vote the formation of a new Cabinet of Ministers, votes confidence in the Prime Minister and his team as a whole, without discussing individual ministers.
Government formation is approved by a simple majority in parliament - 52 deputies, and President is elected by minimum 61 deputies, which is going to be a real problems, for not a single of the theoretically possible coalitions are going to have that many persons. So, the Parliament may well put off the presidential election until the accomplishment of all of the above-mentioned actions.
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