Published: 25.07.2018.
On Compliance of the First Part of Section 1, the Words of the Second Part of Section 1 “on the level of pre-school education and basic education, abiding by the provisions of Section 41 of this Law”, the words of the First Part of Section 3 “primary education” and Section 2 of the Law of 22 March 2018 “Amendments to the General Education Law” with the Second Sentence of Article 91, Article 112 and Article 114 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia
Years
2018
Stages of the proceedings
Adjudicated
Outcome of the proceedings
Judgement
Type of the proceedings
Court sitting with the participation of the participants of the case
Applicant
Not less than 20 deputies of Parliament
Applicant: 12. Saeimas deputāti: Boriss Cilevičs, Igors Pimenovs, Ivans Ribakovs, Jānis Tutins, Artūrs Rubiks, Sergejs Potapkins, Ivars Zariņš, Romans Miloslavskis, Jeļena Lazareva, Jūlija Stepaņenko, Andris Morozovs, Jānis Urbanovičs, Raimonds Rubiks, Vladimirs Nikonovs, Jānis Ādamsons, Vitālijs Orlovs, Mihails Zemļinskis, Igors Zujevs, Sergejs Mirskis un Sergejs Dolgopolovs
Date of the judgment: 23.04.2019.
Official publication: 24.04.2019.

On Compliance of the First Part of Section 1, the Words of the Second Part of Section 1 “on the level of pre-school education and basic education, abiding by the provisions of Section 41 of this Law”, the words of the First Part of Section 3 “primary education” and Section 2 of the Law of 22 March 2018 “Amendments to the General Education Law” with the Second Sentence of Article 91, Article 112 and Article 114 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia

Case short name: Language of education II

The Constitutional Court held:

1) to examine the compliance of Section 1 (1) of the law of 22 March 2018 “Amendments to the Education Law” with the second sentence of Article 91, Article 112 and Article 114 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia within the framework of case No. 2018-22-01;

2) to terminate the case in the part regarding the compliance of Section 1 (2), the first and the second part of Section 3 of the law of 22 March 2018 “Amendments to the Education Law” and Section 2 of the law of 22 March 2018 “Amendments to the General Education Law” with Article 112 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia;

3) to recognise Section 1(2), the first and the second part of Section 3 of the law of 22 March 2018 “Amendments to the Education Law” and Section 2 of the law of 22 March 2018 “Amendments to the General Education Law” as being compatible with the second sentence of Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia;

4) to recognise Section 1 (2), the first and the second part of Section 3 of the law of 22 March 2018 “Amendments to the Education Law” and Section 2 of the law of 22 March 2018 “Amendments to the General Education Law” as being compatible with Article 114 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.

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