Skopje, 3 June 2024 (MIA) – The Constitutional Court on Monday is set to resume the session for electing a new president.

It will be the seventh attempt of the Constitutional Court members after six failed attempts at two resumptions of the session to elect a president. The judges this past Thursday and Friday voted between the candidates Tatjana Vasikj Bozadzieva and Ana Pavlova Daneva, but neither secured the required majority.

The new Constitutional Court president will succeed Dobrila Kacarska, whose three-year term ended on June 2. 

According to the Court's Rules of Procedure, the Constitutional Court elects the president from among the judges with a two-thirds majority of the total number of judges in a secret vote during a session.

Each judge is allowed to nominate a candidate.

The candidate for future Constitutional Court president is determined by a commission of three judges elected by the majority from the total number of judges.

If the candidate does not receive the required majority vote, the election procedure repeats.

The candidate elected represents the Constitutional Court, signs decisions, decrees, and other related acts, implements the Court's Rules of Procedure, and performs other tasks. In case of absence, or incapacity, the president is replaced by a judge according to the order established by the Court and alphabetized by last name.

The president of the Constitutional Court serves a three-year mandate, without the right for re-election. 

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