The summary judge of the Brussels court of first instance considered that it is necessary to “stay the proceedings“regarding an appeal to suspend the Covid Safe Ticket (CST),”while waiting for the Constitutional Court to rule on the appeals and requests pending before it“.
For the judge, the Constitutional Court has the “monopoly of control of the conformity of laws, decrees and ordinances“, in particular the ordinances of the Common Community Commission (Cocom), which decided to the extension of the CST to access certain places and events in the territory of the Brussels-Capital Region.
The appeal was introduced last October by the association for the defense of fundamental rights and freedoms Notre Bon Droit as well as by two citizens. The case was then argued on December 8 and 17. The court’s decision, of which Belga learned on Thursday evening, was rendered on December 23.
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The applicants requested the summary proceedings judge to find the apparent illegality of the Cocom order relating to the extension of the CST, as the summary judge of the Namur court of first instance did on November 30. .
This decision, however, has been appealed and is therefore not final. For the applicants, the application of the CST unduly infringes the right to cultural and social development, the right to peaceful assembly and the right to respect for private life and the protection of personal data.
