The Constitutional Court will issue rulings on the constitutionality of the legislative decisions taken by the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies and the Parliament plenum, except decisions that concern the Parliament’s autonomy, according to an article adopted by the committee.
The committee’s report will be discussed by the Chamber of Deputies Wednesday and will be sent to the Senate, which has the final say on this matter.
On July 4, the Government approved an emergency decree setting the Constitutional Court will issue rulings only with respect to the constitutionality of the Parliament’s regulations, not its decisions.
The European Commission said in a draft report on Romania’s justice system that it is concerned by the recent limitation of competences of the Constitutional Court, regarding parliamentary decisions.
“The Romanian authorities must urgently restore these competences,” the report reads.