The Parliamentary Group of the Democratic Party requests the Constitutional Court to speed up the examination of the complaint about the “Investigative Commissions” law.

In the request signed by the chairman of the Group, Gazment Bardhi, it is said that this law carries special public interest, as it is related to the control of the Assembly over the executive.

“In the conditions where the law under consideration affects one of the basic rights that the Constitution of Albania guarantees to the deputies of the parliamentary minority and one of the basic functions of the Assembly, that of effective control of government, it is understandable that this issue carries a special public interest, and its examination should be done with priority, as the Court has done in the previous precedent regarding the request of 45 deputies of the Assembly of Albania for the annulment of decision no. 126/2023 “For some additions and changes in decision no. 166, dated 16.12.2004 “On the approval of the Regulation of the Assembly of Albania”, as amended”.

The priority consideration of this issue should also take into consideration the fact that the request for the establishment of an investigative commission, which is already filed in the Parliament of Albania (see paragraph 39 of the request), as well as other requests in the future may have direct consequences from the application of Law no. 106/2023. Also, the Court should consider the fact that the current parliamentary legislature is in its last year and the extension in time of the examination of this request directly damages the parliamentary investigation” – the document states.

Among other things, Bardhi emphasizes that the parliamentary investigation is not only a right guaranteed by article 77, point 2, of the Constitution of Albania, of the deputies of the parliamentary minority, but also one of the basic functions of the Assembly of Albania that is related to the exercise of control effective governance.