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Article 135
 

Powers


(1) The Constitutional Court:


a) exercises, upon appeal, the review of constitutionality over laws and decisions of the Parliament, decrees of the President, decisions and ordinances of the Government, as well as over international treaties to which the Republic of Moldova is a party;


b) gives the interpretation of the Constitution;


c) formulates its position on initiatives aimed at revising the Constitution;


d) confirms the results of republican referenda; e) confirms the results of parliamentary and presidential elections in the Republic of Moldova;


f) ascertains the circumstances justifying the dissolution of the Parliament, the removal of the President of the Republic of Moldova or the interim office of the President, as well as the impossibility of the President of the Republic of Moldova to fully exercise his/her functional duties for more than 60 days;


g) solves the pleas of unconstitutionality of legal acts, as claimed by the Supreme Court of Justice;


h) decides over matters dealing with the constitutionality of a party.


(2) The Constitutional Court carries out its activity on the initiative brought forward by the subjects provided for by the Law on the Constitutional Court.