Poreikis, prielaidos ir galimybės plėsti paklausimų dėl Konstitucinio Teismo išvadų nagrinėjimo teisenos objektų sąrašą

ENThis article discusses the needs, preconditions and possibilities for modifying the objects of proceedings dealing with inquiries requesting a conclusion of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania, as well as for expanding the list of objects of these proceedings with the competence commonly observed to be conferred on constitutional justice institutions in other European states. The article draws the conclusion that the currently existing objects of these proceedings could be modified (1) by expanding the list of officials specified in the Constitution who may be removed from office through impeachment proceedings and extending it to the president and justices of the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania and (2) by granting the Constitutional Court the right to apply the temporary protection measure of the suspension of the powers of the officials concerned in cases concerning impeachment proceedings. Upon assessing the possibilities for expanding the list of objects of these proceedings, the article leads to the conclusion that this list should also include the powers of the Constitutional Court to exercise the a priori assessment of the constitutionality of issues put to a referendum.