On 10 November Moldova’s Constitutional Court (CC) ruled in favor of a referendum of four amendments to the constitution, after the Central Election Commission (CEC) asked the court to rule on the issue. The amendments will be to Articles 60,70,78 and 89, which would limit the number of MPs from 101 to 71, ban parliamentary immunity, see the president elected by direct votes and have the president removed by a referendum supported by at least one third of MPs in case of a violation of the constitution. In order to hold the referendum at least 20.000 signatures need to be collected within three months. For the past months Moldova has experienced mass protests and last week the Prime Minister was forced to resign, leading many Moldovans to lose trust in their politicians.
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