“The Latest Decisions of the Constitutional Court are Incomprehensible and Arbitrary”. At the request of Jagland Venice Commission will assess the decision to dissolve the Parliament of Moldova

Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland asked the Venice Commission to give an urgent opinion on the latest decisions in Moldova, tweeted his Press Secretary On June 9. According the post in the social network, Jagland asked the Venice Commission to give an urgent opinion on the decision of Pavel Filip to dissolve Parliament. Later the Council of Europe website released Jagland’s opinion. He expressed extremely concern by the latest developments in Moldova and called on the democratically elected Parliament and legitimate Government” to act with restraint and responsibility. Jagland did not clarify who is according him is legitimate government in Moldova, but made it clear that the decision of the Constitutional Court is not all right. “The recent decisions of the Constitutional court are difficult to understand, it seems that in the light of the Constitution and international law they are arbitrary”, the CE Secretary General wrote. He also said that “in case of uncertainty a good objective advice is always needed”. Also he said that in his capacity of Secretary General he requested an urgent opinion of the Venice Commission on the latest decisions, including on the conditions of dissolution of the Moldovan Parliament. We will remind that on June 8, Jagland issued a statement calling on Moldovan politicians to act calmly. He also stressed that democratically elected representatives in Parliament should resolve the issues. It should be noted that in Moldova Jagland is known for the fact that in 2015 he became one of the first European officials who called Moldova as “the seized state”. NewsMaker