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Maximum adjudication time for the full EDR process (days)

Moldova, Republic of

Moldova, Republic of

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More than 33 days (see comment)
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ElectoralCode of the Republic of Moldova (as of 2012, in English)

 

Source: http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-REF(2012)039-e

 

Article 66. (1) Actions/inactions and thedecisions of electoral bodies, as well as actions/inactions of the electoralcompetitors, may bechallenged at the electoral body within 3 calendar days as of date ofcommitting the action or adopting the decision. The term for submittingthe complaint is calculated starting with the next day of the date when theaction/inaction was committed or identified or when the decision was adopted.

(3)Complaints against the actions and decisions of the Central Election Commissionwill be submitted to theChisinau Court of Appeal.

 

Article 67 (1) Complaints against actions and decisionsof the CEC filed during an electoral period shall be considered and adjudicatedwithin five calendar daysof their filling.

(2)Complaints against actions and decisions of district electoral councils orprecinct electoral bureaus are examined (considered and adjudicated) within 3 calendar days as oftheir submission, but not later than the Election Day.

(3)Complaints filed to court on the day of elections shall be considered andadjudicated on the same day, whereas complaints against decisions of election administrationbody on results tabulation and mandates’ award shall be adjudicated by court inthe same time with confirmation of the elections’’ legality and the validationof mandates.

 

Article 68 (5) Court rulings shall be final and binding forexecution upon its adjudication.

(6)Court rulings may be appealedwithin three days of theiradoption.

(7) Suchappeals shall be examined withinthree days of submission.

 

Article 89. (1) The Central Election Commission shall,within 48 hours of theelection results tabulation, submit to the Constitutional Court thedocuments mentioned in Article 60 and the lists of elected members ofParliament and candidates on reserve lists.

(2) Within 10 days of the date of receiving documents from theCentral Election Commission, but not earlier than courts have finally ruled thecomplaints submitted according to legal procedures, the Constitutional Courtshall either confirm or not, through a decision, the legality of theelections. At the same time the Constitutional Court shall validate themandates of the elected members of Parliament.
Comment

The legislation doesnot specify in what time period CEC decision can be appeal to Chisinau Court ofAppeal   

3 (decision of the districtcommission) +3 (appeal to CEC) +3 (CEC decision) + … (appeal to ChisinauCourt of Appeal, CCA) +5 (CCA decision) +5 (appeal to Supreme Court) +3 (SC decision) +2 (submission to Constitutional Court) +10 (CC decision) = 33 days +… (timeframe to appealto CCA)

        

 

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