The 35 draft laws that weren’t assessed during the 2017-2021 period are expected to be discussed during the upcoming plenary session in September.
Some of them pertain to initiatives undertaken by MPs, including those legislative executives that won’t participate in the new parliament, whereas the rest are government initiatives.
One of the initiatives that was criticized the most and is still up for discussion in parliament is the draft bill on fiscal amnesty.
“It will be voted in parliament with a minimum of 84 votes, and no one will have the chance to overturn it based on political motives,” – declared Rama in March 2020.
These legal changes were submitted to Parliament on July 9th 2020 and they foresee amnesty for private and mobile property that hasn’t been declared by the individuals or businesses.
Another clause foresees that the amnesty lasts one year starting from the date of its adoption in parliament and it determines whether the declaration is to be done during the first months. In addition, taxation on property was set at 5%.
Because of all the criticism faced regarding this draft, the initiative was only discussed at the level of the economic commission and wasn’t adopted in today’s plenary session, but it hasn’t been withdrawn from parliament either, which is why it is part of the drafts that are awaiting discussion in the upcoming session.
Another draft that didn’t get the green light was the anti-slander package.
The government initiative proposed at the time was criticized by the media and international institutions because of the control that AMA would exercise on online media, leading to the temporary withdrawal of the government.
Another draft that will be part of the Parliament’s agenda is the one proposed by MP Fatjona Dhimitri regarding the creation of a national registry for citizens that have been accused of sexual crimes as well as the draft on referendums in Albania, proposed by MP Rudina Hajdari in July 2020.
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