Justices of the Constitutional Court with Minister for Justice Jānis Bordāns discuss the need for amendments to the Constitutional Court Law

05.05.2022.

Today, 5 May, the Justices of the Constitutional Court met with Jānis Bordāns, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Justice. During the meeting, the Parties discussed the need for amendments to the Constitutional Court Law, the introduction of the e-file and the effective enforcement of Constitutional Court’s judgements.

Jānis Bordāns, the Minister for Justice, was welcomed at the Constitutional Court by the President of the Constitutional Court Aldis Laviņš and the Deputy President Irēna Kucina, and by the Justices of the Constitutional Court Gunārs Kusiņš, Jānis Neimanis and Anita Rodiņa.

Aldis Laviņš, the President of the Constitutional Court, informed that proposals for amendments to the Constitutional Court Law had been prepared, which were related to the improvement of the regulation of the Constitutional Court procedure in order to ensure faster and more modern procedural activity of the Court. At the same time, the President of the Constitutional Court pointed out that amendments to the Law would also have to be drafted in order to introduce the e-file.

The Minister for Justice expressed his appreciation for the work of the Constitutional Court and appreciated its initiative to work on improving the Constitutional Court Law. Jānis Bordāns, the Minister for Justice, also welcomed the accession of the Constitutional Court to the e-file project.

The Justices of the Constitutional Court proposed to improve the mechanism of execution of judgements of the Constitutional Court by creating an institutional framework for dialogue between the Constitutional Court, the Cabinet and the Saeima on the execution of judgements, coordinating the cooperation and representation of the institutions of the executive power in the Constitutional Court procedure.

At the end of the meeting, the Parties agreed to continue an active mutual dialogue to work on the improvement of the Constitutional Court procedure and issues on how to effectively organise and coordinate the work of the public administration in implementing the judgements of the Constitutional Court.