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Paragraph 20
 

The draft law adds a sentence to Article 168 of the Electoral Code, which regulates republican referendums: “The decision on the removal from office of the President of the Republic of Moldova shall be deemed adopted by republican referendum if it has been voted by a number of voters equal to or higher than for the election of the President of the Republic of Moldova, but not lower than half of the number of voters that have participated in the referendum.” While the Constitution, in Article 135, par. 1, section f, gives the Constitutional Court the power to “ascertain the circumstances justifying […] the removal of the President of the Republic of Moldova”, rules about the procedure, the deadlines and what is deemed as “serious offenses infringing upon constitutional provisions” are not included in the draft law nor, apparently, in any other piece of (draft) legislation.