Skopje, 30 May 2024 (MIA) - After four failed attempts to elect a new president of the Constitutional Court on Thursday, the Court said it would resume its session on Friday.

According to reports, none of the proposed candidates received the necessary majority at the session which began at 10 am on Thursday. The two candidates in the running for the position were Tatjana Vasikj-Bozadzhieva and Ana Pavlovska-Daneva.

The Court is voting for a successor to outgoing president Dobrila Kacarska, whose three-year term is set to end on June 2.

According to the Court's Rules of Procedure, the Constitutional Court elects the president from among the judges with a two-thirds majority of the total number of judges in a secret vote during a session.

Each judge is allowed to nominate a candidate.

The candidate for future Constitutional Court president is determined by a commission of three judges elected by the majority from the total number of judges.

If the candidate does not receive the required majority vote, the election procedure repeats.

The candidate elected represents the Constitutional Court, signs decisions, decrees, and other related acts, implements the Court's Rules of Procedure, and performs other tasks. In case of absence, or incapacity, the president is replaced by a judge according to the order established by the Court and alphabetized by last name.

The president of the Constitutional Court serves a three-year mandate, without the right for re-election.

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