End of Term of the Central Electoral Commission Member

(1) The term of a Commission member shall terminate in the following circumstances:

a) expiry of term;

b) resignation;

c) dismissal;

d) incapacity to ful!l the office’s responsibilities;

e) member is deceased.

(2) A member of the Central Electoral Commission is dismissed by the authority that appointed him/her in the following cases:

a) approval by a court of law of a final decision of conviction of the member for a committing offence;

b) loss of citizenship of the Republic of Moldova;

c) legal determination as a person with limited legal capacity or deprived of legal capacity by a final decision of a court of law;

d) serious violation of the Constitution of Republic of Moldova and of the present Code.

e) Final decision establishing the issuance/approval by the member of an administrative act, conclusion of a legal act made directly or through a third
party, taking or participating in taking a decision contrary to the legal provisions regulating conflict of interest;

f) state of incompatibility con!rmed by a !nal decision establishing the fact;

g) non-submission of the statement regarding the assets and personal interest or the refusal to submit such a statement under the conditions of art. 27 par. (8) of the Law No. 132 dated June 17, 2016 regarding the National Integrity Authority;

h) order of the court, through irrevocable decision, to seize the unjusti!ed property.

(3) In case of breach of conditions mentioned in Article 19 paragraph (2), and also in case of committing acts incompatible with the held position, the members of the Central Electoral Commission can be dismissed. The notification regarding the non-fulfilllment of the conditions envisaged in art. 19 para. (2) or regarding the committing of some actions incompatible with the held position shall be lodged with the authority appointing or con!rming the Commission members.

(4) Documents of dismissal shall be submitted to the Supreme Court of Justice by the authority that nominated the respective member to the Central Electoral Commission, as well as by the Commission’s members.

(5) Based on a Supreme Court of Justice ruling on dismissal of a member of the Central Electoral Commission and/or the termination of Central Electoral
Commission membership prior to the expiration of the original term, within ten days thereof, the appropriate body shall nominate and the Parliament shall approve a new member to serve until the expiration of his/her predecessor’s original term.