In sum, the new provisions on appointment and dismissal of judges and on constitutional adjudication itself provide the legislative and executive branches with overwhelming leverage over the Constitutional Chamber, and thus severely undermine the principle of the separation of powers proclaimed in Article 3 par 2 of the Constitution. The Draft Amendments also contradict Article 94 par 1 of the Constitution which provides that “[j]udges shall be independent and subordinate only to the Constitution and laws”.