Constitutional Council invalidates constitutional reform law, citing procedural irregularities
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The Constitutional Council has provided its reasons for invalidating Law No. 18/2026, which aimed to revise the Constitution and was adopted by the National Assembly. In its decision No. 6/C/2026, issued on July 9, 2026, following an appeal by the President of the Republic, the high court explained that its review focused on the regularity of the adoption procedure and adherence to constitutional requirements governing the exercise of derivative constituent power. The President of the Republic urgently referred the matter to the Constitutional Council on July 6, 2026, requesting a ruling on the conformity of the revision procedure with the Constitution and, consequently, the invalidation of Law No. 18/2026. The Constitutional Council first affirmed its competence to review constitutional revision laws, rejecting the National Assembly President's argument that such laws were beyond its control. It clarified that its review of constitutional revisions specifically concerns "the conditions of adoption, approval, the regularity of the procedure followed, and the temporal and material limits" set by the Constitution. The Council also dismissed the argument that the appeal was inadmissible, stating that Article 74 of the Constitution allows the President of the Republic to refer a matter within six clear days of a definitively adopted law being transmitted. On the merits, the Constitutional Council addressed the President's argument that the adoption procedure violated constitution
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