{"id":26398,"date":"2021-12-01T15:26:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T14:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=26398"},"modified":"2021-12-01T20:36:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T19:36:02","slug":"venice-commission-gives-a-yes-on-extending-vetting-in-preliminary-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/venice-commission-gives-a-yes-on-extending-vetting-in-preliminary-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Venice Commission says \u2018Yes\u2019 to extending vetting bodies term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Albanian Parliament received a preliminary opinion by the Venice Commission tied to Albania\u2019s inquiry on extending the mandate of our vetting bodies.<\/p>\n<p>The report states the following, \u2018The Commission came to the conclusion that the proposed extension of the vetting term, until December 21, 2024, can be considered to be in compliance with European standards\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Venice Commission also declared that the extension of the vetting term is an objective request, which is why it proposed to have Albanian authorities give the vetting bodies the necessary means to conclude this process by December 21, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the Commission asked for an increase in the resources made available to the Independent Qualification Commission and the Independent Appeals Commission for the purpose of completing this process.<\/p>\n<p>The report also stated that this extension should only be obtained through a legal framework, which includes constitutional amendments that will need to be approved by a majority that exceeds the current parliamentary one.<\/p>\n<p>The extension of this term would ask for changes to be made to the Constitution that require a majority in parliament of at least 94 votes in favor of such amendments.<\/p>\n<p>This is only a preliminary evaluation which will be finalized on December 10.<\/p>\n<p>In November, Parliament reached out to the Venice Commission for an opinion regarding this extension, upon a request made by the Socialist majority.<\/p>\n<p>The term of the bodies responsible for the verification of public officials, namely the Independent Qualification Commission and the Public Commissioner, expires on 17 June 2022.<\/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\/22\/balla-says-venice-commission-to-announce-its-opinion-by-early-december\/\">Balla: Venice Commission to have its say on extending vetting by early December<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/11\/05\/albania-to-address-venice-commission-on-extending-vetting-mandate\/\">Albania to address Venice Commission on extending vetting mandate<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Albanian Parliament received a preliminary opinion by the Venice Commission tied to Albania\u2019s inquiry on extending the mandate of our vetting bodies. 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