{"id":15391,"date":"2021-06-09T17:44:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T15:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=15391"},"modified":"2021-06-09T17:44:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T15:44:47","slug":"dp-says-parliaments-decision-to-impeach-the-president-is-unconstitutiona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/dp-says-parliaments-decision-to-impeach-the-president-is-unconstitutiona\/","title":{"rendered":"DP says parliament\u2019s decision to impeach the president is \u201cunconstitutional&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Party has referred to the decision to impeach Albanian President Ilir Meta as \u201cunconstitutional\u201d and called on the Constitutional Court to \u201coverturn the charade\u201d. To the Democrats, this is an \u201cunconstitutional\u201d and \u201cillegitimate\u201d attack by the Parliament in confront to the institution of the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unconstitutional attack of the illegitimate parliament against the institution of the President of the Republic is an act that plunges even further the anti-democratic features of the Rama-Doshi regime. The act comes right after the electoral massacre and the biggest vote theft ever carried\u201d, the declaration wrote.<\/p>\n<p>104 MPs voted in favor of impeaching president Meta in a session that lasted over 4 hours. This is the first precedent in the country\u2019s pluralist history.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Inquiry Commission, the president had committed \u201cserious constitutional violations\u201d during the electoral campaign ahead of the parliamentary polls held on April 25.<\/p>\n<p>In its conclusive 96-page report, the commission refers to \u201c17 serious violations in the Constitution\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, it will be the Constitutional Court that has the final say on the matter and decide on whether to enforce the parliament\u2019s decision or overturn it entirely.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/09\/parliament-votes-today-on-president-metas-impeachment-after-allegations-of-16-constitutional-violations\/\">Parliament votes in favor of impeaching President Ilir Meta<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/09\/impeachment-plenary-session-rama-meta-cheated-the-constitution-and-embarrassed-us-in-front-of-the-u-s\/\">Impeachment plenary session, Rama: Meta cheated the Constitution and embarrassed us in front of the U.S \u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/09\/while-mps-vote-on-his-dismissal-the-president-celebrates-with-folk-dance-ensemble\/\">While MPs vote on his dismissal, the President celebrates with folk dance ensemble<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Party has referred to the decision to impeach Albanian President Ilir Meta as \u201cunconstitutional\u201d and called on the Constitutional Court to \u201coverturn the charade\u201d. To the Democrats, this is an \u201cunconstitutional\u201d and \u201cillegitimate\u201d attack by the Parliament in confront to the institution of the presidency. \u201cThe unconstitutional attack of the illegitimate parliament against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":15392,"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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DP says parliament\u2019s decision to impeach the president is \u201cunconstitutional&quot; - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/dp-says-parliaments-decision-to-impeach-the-president-is-unconstitutiona\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DP says parliament\u2019s decision to impeach the president is \u201cunconstitutional&quot; - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Democratic Party has referred to the decision to impeach Albanian President Ilir Meta as \u201cunconstitutional\u201d and called on the Constitutional Court to \u201coverturn the charade\u201d. 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