End of term of the Central Electoral Commission Member

(1) Membership of the Central Electoral Commission shall cease in the event of:

a) expiry of the term of office;

b) resignation;

c) dismissal;

d) the definitive impossibility to perform his/her duties for more than 60 consecutive days, established by the Commission’s decision and brought to the knowledge of the authority which appointed him/her;

e) death.

(2) The Member of the Central Electoral Commission shall be dismissed of his duties by the authority which appointed him in the event of:

a) adoption of final Court order convicting him/her for committing an intentional offence;

b) loss of nationality of the Republic of Moldova;

c) the application of a measure of legal custody in the form of tutorship;

d) it has become final the act establishing that the latter has issued/adopted an administrative act, a direct conclusion or through a third party of a legal act, taking or participating in a decision breaching the legal provisions governing the conflict of interests;

e) incompatibility status confirmed by a final decision establishing such status;

f) the failure to submit the declaration of assets and personal interests or the refusal to submit it, in accordance with Article 27 (8) of Law No 132/2016 on the National Integrity Authority;

g) irrevocable order issued by the Court on the confiscation of unjustified wealth;

h) failure to comply with the requirements of Article 22 (2);

i) ascertaining the impossibility of exercising the powers in accordance with paragraph (1) d) of this article.

(3) In accordance with paragraph (2), the authority which appointed the Member of the Central Electoral Commission, ex officio or at the notification from responsible bodies, initiates the dismissal procedure, issuing an administrative act to that effect.

(4) The administrative revocation decision can be challenged directly by the Chisinau Court of Appeal, in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Administrative Code.