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Paragraph 67
 

Attempts to remove the irrevocability of MPs in the Republic of Moldova have previously been an issue of concern for the OSCE/ODIHR and the Council of Europe. Imperative mandate and recall of representatives are unknown in modern European democracies: as underlined by the Venice Commission, “the basic constitutional principle which prohibits imperative mandate or any other form of politically depriving representatives of their mandates must prevail as a cornerstone of European democratic constitutionalism”.