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The Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) on Monday rejected a complain by parliamentarians of the Democratic-Liberal Party (PD-L), at rule, against a motion of censure against the Government, ruling that it has no jurisdiction over the matter.

“Controlling the constitutionality of a motion of censure does not fall under the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court. The jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court is limited under law, with the Court not being empowered to carry out other duties that those mentioned in the Constitution and its statutes,” CCR says in a press release.

The Court argued that Article 146 (c)of the Constitution and Article 11(c) as well as Articles 27-28 of Law 47/1992 concerning the organisation and functioning of the Constitutional Court mentioned in the unconstitutionality complaint do not justify the Constitutional Court exercising control over the constitutionality of Parliament”s motion of censure, because the cited articles explicitly refer to the control over Parliament”s regulations, not the juridical act that implement them.

“Considering this, the Constitutional Court is unanimously rejecting the complaint as inadmissible. The ruling is final and generally binding. The decision will be notified to the chairs of Parliament”s chambers and be published in Romania”s Official Gazette, Part I,” reads the release.

CCR on Monday considered a complaint by the PD-L MP groups that the motion of censure called “11 versus Romania,” initiated by 123 MPs from both chambers of Parliament belonging to the opposition National Liberal Party (PNL), the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) and the Social Democratic Party + Conservative Party (PSD+PC) alliance against the Government is unconstitutional.