{"id":24262,"date":"2021-11-03T18:40:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=24262"},"modified":"2021-11-03T18:40:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:40:20","slug":"changes-to-constitution-ruling-party-and-opposition-clash-over-procedures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/changes-to-constitution-ruling-party-and-opposition-clash-over-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to Constitution, ruling party and opposition clash over procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Socialist-led ruling party and the opposition led by the Democrats, weren\u2019t able to reach a compromise regarding the procedures that need to be followed in regards to the changes that both parties are trying to make to the Constitution for the electoral reform, the territorial reform, the politician vetting and the term extension for our vetting bodies.<\/p>\n<p>During discussions with representatives of the Legislation Council, the Socialist Party asked that the two matters be assessed separately, whereas the Democratic Party asked for them to be evaluated at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>During the presentation of the initiative for these Constitutional changes, DP\u2019s Alfred Rushaj said that the proposals being made by the opposition in regards to the vetting of politicians are all in compliance with the European Court of Human Rights and the Venice Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Rushaj also specified that the process of politician vetting is thought to be carried out by SPAK, while also going through two additional filters: the Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime as well as the Constitutional Court.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the proposed changes to the Constitution in regards to the country\u2019s territorial division, DP also asked to discuss possible changes to the Electoral Code.<\/p>\n<p>Because both parties couldn\u2019t reach a consensus over the exact procedure that needs to be followed, representatives of DP at the Legislation Council walked out of the meeting.<\/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\/11\/02\/local-elections-undergo-rigorous-review-from-constitutional-court\/\">Local elections undergo rigorous review from Constitutional Court<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/10\/25\/dp-submits-request-to-constitutional-over-becchetti-commission\/\">DP submits request to Constitutional over Becchetti Commission<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/10\/21\/constitutional-reform-us-ambassador-calls-on-parliament-to-extend-vetting-term\/\">Constitutional Reform, US ambassadaor calls on parliament to extend vetting<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu24100\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu23526\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Socialist-led ruling party and the opposition led by the Democrats, weren\u2019t able to reach a compromise regarding the procedures that need to be followed in regards to the changes that both parties are trying to make to the Constitution for the electoral reform, the territorial reform, the politician vetting and the term extension for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":24264,"comment_status":"open","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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