The Constitution of Moldova was adopted 17 years ago. On July 29, 1994, the members of the then Parliament laid down in the supreme law that Moldova is a sovereign and independent, unitary and indivisible state whose form of government is republic. It was also provided that the Republic of Moldova is a democratic state of law, where the dignity, rights and political pluralism are supreme values of the state. “WE, the representatives of the Moldovan people, members of Parliament, GOING from the century-old aspirations of our people to live in a sovereign country, expressed by proclaiming Moldova’s independence, GIVEN the continuity of the statehood of the Moldovan people in the historical and ethnic context while becoming a nation, WISHING to satisfy the interests of the people of other ethnic origins, who, together with the Moldovans, constitute the Moldovan people, CONSIDERING the state of law, civic peace, democracy, human dignity, rights and freedoms, the free development of the human personality, justice and political pluralism as supreme values, REALIZING the responsibility and obligations towards the previous, present and future generations, REASSERTING our devotion to the general-human values, the wish to live in peace and understanding with all the peoples of the world, according to the unanimously-recognized principles and norms of the international law, WE adopt the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova and declare it the SUPREME LAW OF SOCIETY and the STATE. The declaration on the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova signed by the members of the Parliament of 1994. According to some of the lawmakers, the supreme law must be now amended. At the end of the spring-summer session of the legislature, the head of the Liberal Party, MP Mihai Ghimpu said the phrase ‘Moldovan language’ should be replaced with the phrase “Romanian language” – the official language. He also said that articles 78 and 90 concerning the election of the President must be modified. The deputy head of the Liberal Democratic Party, lawmaker Valeriu Strelet said the Constitution needs to be improved as there emerged a number of shortcomings. He also said that the amendment of the Constitution will be discussed at the start of the autumn-winter session of the legislature. The Constitution of Moldova was published in the Official Gazette on August 18, 1994. It contains seven titles divided into chapters and sections.