§ Electoral Code art. 23Termination of membership of the Central Electoral Commission

Termination of membership of the Central Electoral Commission
(1) Membership of the Central Electoral Commission shall cease in the case of:
a) expiry of the term of office;
b) resignation;
c) dismissal from office;
d) definitive impossibility of performing assigned duties for more than 60 consecutive
days, as established by the decision of the Commission and notified to the authority appointing
him or her;
e) death.
(2) The member of the Central Electoral Commission shall be relieved from office by
the appointing authority if:
a) a final conviction was adopted against him/her for a criminal offence committed
intentionally;
b) the citizenship of the Republic of Moldova was lost;
c) a judicial protection measure in the form of guardianship was applied;
d) the declaratory act establishing the issue/adoption of an administrative act, directly
or through a third party concluding a legal act, or taking or participating in the taking of a
decision in breach of the legal provisions on conflict of interest, has become final;
e) incompatibility, as established by the declaratory act, which has become final;
f) failure to submit a declaration of personal assets and interests or refusal to submit
it, in accordance with Article 27 (8) of Law No 132/2016 on the National Integrity Authority;
g) order by the court, by means of an irrevocable judgment, the confiscation of
unjustified assets;
h) serious and obvious professional incompetence was found;
i) acts incompatible with his/her office were committed;
î) failure to comply with the requirements laid down in Article 22 (2);
j) impossibility to perform duties under paragraph (1) (d) was found.
(3) In accordance with paragraph (2), the authority appointing the member of the
Central Electoral Commission shall initiate, ex officio or upon referral to the responsible
entities, the procedure for his/her removal from office, with the issuing of an administrative act
to that effect.
(4) The administrative act of dismissal shall be challenged directly before the Chisinau
Court of Appeal in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Administrative Code.