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Our constitution [0] uses this verbiage a lot. For example, here is what it says about the President:

> (2) The President of Romania shall guard the observance of the Constitution and the proper functioning of the public authorities. To this effect, he shall act as a mediator between the Powers in the State, as well as between the State and society.

The official English wording of the role of the court is:

> f) to guard the observance of the procedure for the election of the President of Romania and to confirm the ballot returns;

Note the similarity of the verbiage. I don't think the first one can be read to mean that the president can interfere with any authority they think might not properly be respecting the Constitution. I don't believe this is the intended reading, and definitely no one recognizes such a power for the President of Romania. So, I don't think the equivalent verbiage in the article on the power of the CCR should be read to give them the power to decide anything they want on the electoral process.

Of course, I'm not a lawyer, just a citizen of this country. But to me it doesn't seem proper that a Court can devise procedures that are not specified in any law.

[0] https://www.presidency.ro/en/the-constitution-of-romania




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