The Idea Of Forming The Constitutional Court
Dr. Reinaldo Francisco Luis LIC DIR M DIR
Lecture of law at university da Paz of Republic Democratif Of Timor Leste
Keywords: Constitutional Court, Constitutional System, East Timor
Abstract
The scheme of judicial review conducted by the constitutional court, as a span or a final bastion of upholding the supremacy of the law of a country, in an attempt to preserve justice for citizens, hence the birth of the constitutional court is the fruition of a modern legal state. Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is one of the state laws. But organizing state government often experience a variety of issues of state are not resolved according to these principles, especially the violations of the constitutional rights of citizens and the product law are not in line with the constitution, so that the issue of statehood is resolved required test institutes laws (constitutional court), as it follows the test model legislation that had already been adopted by many other countries in the world (Austria, France and the United States). Then to adopt this institution, RDTL need to make revisions in particular article 123 paragraph 2 (a) the constitution of East Timor in 2002, with the mechanism outlined in the Constitution, so that the constitutional court could be established as a new institution be placed in the judiciary RDTL