President Rumen Radev's proposal for a referendum on our accession to the eurozone failed to reach consideration and voting in the National Assembly, but despite everything, the head of state announced that he will refer the matter to the Constitutional Court (CC).
Are there any legal arguments for this and what are the goals of the head of state, Prof. Ekaterina Mihaylova, a law professor, speaks on the program “This Morning“ on bTV.
“The act of the speaker of parliament is not subject to appeal. This is not one of those acts that is subject to control before the CC. The Constitution explicitly states that acts of the National Assembly, the act of the Speaker of the National Assembly, are not an act of parliament, it is an order, which is an internal organizational act. For its violation, the responsibility is political, not legal“, she stated.
And she specified that the acts of the National Assembly can be referred to the Constitutional Court – these are laws, decisions, declarations and addresses.
„Considering what (Radev) means, one thing is to ask for an interpretation of the powers of the Speaker of the National Assembly. The other is – texts from the law on direct participation itself, where it is said that treaties that are ratified under international law are not subject to referendum“, Mihaylova also said.
“So we will have to wait and find out what the president means when he says he will take the issue to the Constitutional Court“, she added.