Constitutional Court’s main role is to defend candidates and their right to be elected, says Marcel Ciolacu

Prime minister Marcel Ciolacu says that the main role of the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) is to defend the candidates and their right to be elected, „not to be a barrier” for their participation in the elections, informs Agerpres.

„The decision of the CCR in the case of Mrs. Diana Sosoaca seems, at first sight, in the absence of an explanatory, disproportionate in relation to the fundamental democratic principle of voting and being elected. The main role of the CCR is to defend the candidates and their right to be elected, not to be a barrier for their participation in the elections. I will always support that offices must be won by the vote of the people, because this is the essence of democracy. Therefore, I believe that the CCR must quickly present the underlying motivation of…