Requirement to issue reasoned decision
Bulgaria
ElectionCode Bulgaria 2011. State Gazette No. 9 of 28 of January, 2011
Article265. […] (4) The ConstitutionalCourt shall examine the petition and shall pronounce within one month after thedeclaration of the election results.
(5) A judgment establishingillegitimacy of the election of a President and Vice President of the Republicshall be transmitted to the National Assembly, the Central Election Commissionand the persons concerned. […]
Source: http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-REF(2011)008-e
Constitutional Court Act of the Republic ofBulgaria Promulgated State Gazette No. 67/16.06.1991 Supplemented, SG No.25/16.03.2001, effective 1.09.2000, amended and supplemented, SG No.45/30.04.2002, SG No. 114/30.12.2003, effective 1.01.2004
Article14. (1) The Constitutional Court shall rule through decisions, resolutionsand orders.
(2) The Court shall rule on the merits of a disputewith a decision.
(3) Decisions shall be published in the StateGazette within 15 days of their adoption and shall enter into force 3 daysafter publication.
(4) Decisions on disputes concerning the legalityof the election of the President, the Vice President or a member of theNational Assembly, on establishing ineligibility for election orincompatibility of a member of the National Assembly, as well as on theinability to discharge his duties and incompatibility of a Constitutional Courtjustice, shall enter into force from the date of ruling.
(5) The Court Acts are final.
