Skopje, 13 March 2025 (MIA) – The Constitution of the Republic of North Macedonia doesn’t foresee for Constitutional Court justices to be dismissed neither by the legislative nor by the executive government, the Constitutional Court said Thursday regarding the so called no-confidence motions against Constitutional Court justices.  

“The Constitutional Court, as a body of the Republic safeguarding constitutionality and legality, does not fall under the separation of power principle. The authors of the Constitution had placed the Constitutional Court above the three governments, because it controls their acts and actions. The independence and sovereignty of the Constitutional Court and the Constitutional Court justices have the strongest constitutional guarantee,” the Constitutional Court said.

The Constitution, it is noted, doesn’t allow the Parliament with legislation in any way to affect the duties, ways of elections, termination of the term of Constitutional Court justices.

“The institute ‘no-confidence motion’, envisaged in Article 72 of the Constitution, in no way can be applied to Constitutional Court justices. Otherwise, the Constitution could be gravely breached by intruding into the fourth so called constitutional and judicial government, into the independence and sovereignty of the Constitutional Court,” it said.

The bases on which Constitutional Court justice could end their tenure are included in Article 111 of the Constitution. Any procedure or action made outside this constitutional provision could constitute a flagrant violation of the Constitution, violation of constitutional guarantees for the independence and sovereignty of the Constitutional Court, the body noted.

The Constitutional Court calls on all state bodies to abide by their duties, regulated by the Constitution. “Everyone has the obligation to improve the constitutional, legal and political culture as the basis of a democratic society. Everyone is obliged to abide by the Constitution,” it said.

At this week’s parliament session, in which Judicial Council members lost the no-confidence vote, DUI MPs announced they will file no-confidence motions against the Constitutional Court justices.

“We’ll start with the Constitutional Court and soon, we will file no-confidence motions against the Constitutional Court justices elected by the legislative house. They are touching the untouchable – an agreement, which is guaranteed by the international community,” DUI’s Ilir Hasani has said.

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