On the parliamentary side, Liuba Shova and Nicolae Roshca were appointed, on the government side Domnica Manole and Sergiu Litvinenco were appointed, and Ion Malanciuc was appointed from the Superior Council of Magistracy.
The ceremony took place in the presence of President Maia Sandu and amid protests. In the parliamentary session hall, BCS deputies unfurled posters with the inscriptions: “The CC is not SRL”, “The Constitutional Court is not yours!”, “The Constitutional Court belongs to the people”, “We don’t need a pocket CC!” and chanted: “Shame!”, “Usurpers!”.
Before that, the protest was also held in front of the Constitutional Court building. MP Grigore Novac called the appointment of five of the six judges “a new episode in Moldovan politics, in which key actors play a shameful role in the history of our country by finally taking over the Constitutional Court.” He said that in the past there were judges on the CC who expressed dissenting opinions on some appeals, “but they are not on the current list”.
Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu described the appointment procedure as legal, although it was held without competition: “It is right to respect the law. And we comply with the Moldovan legislation on the appointment of members of the Constitutional Court”.
On Saturday, August 16, 2025, the terms of five of the six CC judges who completed their six-year mandate expired. Since the inauguration of the newly appointed judges is conditional on the oath of office, the Parliament convened for a special session on Sunday. It lasted only 14 minutes. The MPs receive a fee for each session, which can be reduced by a decision of parliament in accordance with its rules of procedure. No such decisions have been reported so far.
