{"id":14211,"date":"2021-05-24T11:57:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T11:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=14211"},"modified":"2021-05-24T11:59:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T11:59:29","slug":"president-ilir-meta-refuses-to-appear-in-front-of-the-inquiry-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/president-ilir-meta-refuses-to-appear-in-front-of-the-inquiry-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ilir Meta refuses to appear in front of the Inquiry Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albanian President Ilir Meta has refused to appear in front of the Inquiry Commission following a second call in his address to participate at the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Assembly lost the opportunity to have a hearing with the President of the Republic, that was to take place in respect to his request, on the tenth of May 2021, rejecting this request arbitrarily and politically oriented\u201d, read a statement sent by the presidency to the commission.<\/p>\n<p>The President emphasized that a \u201chead of state cannot be discussing, nor be heard, by a structure established from an Assembly lacking legitimacy and should not exist according to the Constitution\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated his appeal to MPs to \u201creflect\u201d on the decision, and perform their duties in compliance with the internal judicial order recalling that their mandate will be terminating soon.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Inquiry Commission decided to proceed and not call the president again.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission is expected to wrap up its work this week and send a final report to the parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Three weeks ago, the ruling majority established an inquiry commission to discharge the head of state, an initiative launched by the Socialists and endorsed by 49 lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>The latter argue that the President has \u201cseriously violated the Constitution, prior, during and after the election campaign\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the Constitutional Court to have the final say on the claims of the opposition and determine whether violations were indeed committed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/05\/11\/what-are-the-steps-to-impeach-a-president-in-albania\/\">Impeachment of President Meta: Here\u2019s how the process works<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/04\/30\/jurist-jordan-daci-on-impeachment-procedures-who-has-the-final-say\/\">Jurist Jordan Daci on impeachment procedures: Who has the final say?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/05\/14\/metas-impeachment-commission-authorized-investigative-plan-and-appointed-2-legal-experts\/\">Meta\u2019s impeachment | Commission authorized investigative plan and appointed 2 legal experts<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albanian President Ilir Meta has refused to appear in front of the Inquiry Commission following a second call in his address to participate at the hearing. \u201cThe Assembly lost the opportunity to have a hearing with the President of the Republic, that was to take place in respect to his request, on the tenth of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":14212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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