This was announced by Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu. He will convene a meeting of the Permanent Bureau of the Legislature on Friday to approve the agenda of the special session. According to the law on the Constitutional Court, the oath must be taken before the Parliament, the President and the Superior Council of Magistracy.
It will be recalled that on Saturday, August 16, 2025, the terms of five of the six judges of the Constitutional Court, who completed their six-year mandate, will expire. By law, Parliament, the government and the Superior Council of Magistracy each nominate two members to the Constitutional Court. In this context, back in May, the CC requested the three institutions to initiate procedures to appoint new judges to the Constitutional Court in order to “ensure its smooth functioning and avoid the risk of institutional crisis”.
On the parliamentary side, Luba Shova and Nicolae Rosca were appointed to the position of CC judges, voted for by the members of the majority faction. The government delegated Domnica Manole and former Justice Minister Sergiu Litvinenko to the highest judicial body. Ion Malanciuc received the appointment from the SCM. Three of the five are current members of the CC.
On 26 June, when the parliament appointed its representatives to the CC, MP Olesia Stamate said that “the Venice Commission, in order to avoid loyalization, does not recommend renewing the mandates of CC members” for two consecutive terms.
The parliamentary opposition was outraged that their opinion was not asked when the same judges were reappointed. Ivanna Köksal noted that “more and more often the decisions of the Constitutional Court are perceived not as the result of an impartial interpretation of the Constitution, but as a reflection of the will of the ruling party.” Another opposition MP Hryhoriy Novak said that “the judicial system is politicized and paralyzed, and now there are attempts to politicize and paralyze the Constitutional Court”.
Another MP Haik Vartanyan criticized the appointment of new judges, specifically the change in the appointment procedure and the fact that they can be approved for two consecutive terms without a competition.
The chairperson of the legal commission Veronika Roşca from the ruling party stated that “the procedure of appointment and the conditions for filling the position of judges were fully observed”.
Recently, the Constitutional Court was forced to publish a public refutation of the words of former Prime Minister Ion Sturza, known for his loyalty to the current government, that “the Constitutional Court is ours”. Dominika Manole, president of the CC, stated that “the Constitutional Court is an independent body and is subordinated exclusively to the Constitution”.
On Thursday, August 14, two days before the oath of office of the conditionally new members, the Constitutional Court has scheduled a presentation of the report on the work done by the old composition – for 2019-2025. “The event will include speeches by the judges of the Constitutional Court, who will present a complete overview of the Court’s activities during the six years of its mandate, highlighting significant achievements, challenges that have arisen and the impact of the decisions taken,” the event’s announcement said.
Recall that the XI Parliament completed its mandate on July 11, 2025, but until the convocation of a new composition of the legislative body can fully perform representative, supervisory and organizational functions. The legislative function is limited – only ordinary laws, ordinances and resolutions can be adopted.
