{"id":5919,"date":"2020-10-23T10:46:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T10:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/website.euronews.al\/en\/i-pakategorizuar\/2020\/10\/23\/president-meta-vetoes-electoral-code-amendments\/"},"modified":"2020-10-23T10:46:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T10:46:06","slug":"president-meta-vetoes-electoral-code-amendments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/president-meta-vetoes-electoral-code-amendments\/","title":{"rendered":"President Meta vetoes Electoral Code amendments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Republic, Ilir Meta, vetoed the Electoral Code amendments adopted in parliament by the Socialist majority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The president argued that he exercised his constitutional rights because the amendments were \u201cunilateral\u201d, \u201ccreate unequal and discriminatory positions\u201d, \u201cundermine the basic principles of democracy and \u201cseverely damage the climate of cooperation between political forces\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cI vetoed the law, as an invitation for reflection, to given another opportunity to the majority to respect the inclusive agreement, because without a doubt it will bear a critical responsibility, not only by setting the most dangerous precedent of these past 3 decades by one-sidedly changing the rules of the game but also by postponing the negotiation process\u201d, said Meta during a press conference. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">In regards to the Electoral Code amendments, the president said he sent a formal legal opinion request to the Venice Commission on Wednesday, October 21. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The leader of the Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha, has also reached out to the Venice Commission with the same request. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/daily-news\/2020\/10\/05\/albanian-assembly-approves-new-electoral-code\">Electoral Code was amended on October 5<\/a> by the ruling majority who argued at the time that the <a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/politics\/2020\/10\/05\/amendments-to-the-electoral-code-socialist-mp-gjiknuri-our-draft-corrects-any-anomaly-in-the-current-system\">intervention <\/a>was necessary after the Constitutional changes made in July. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Euronews\"><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/politics\/2020\/10\/12\/electoral-code-pm-rama-president-must-decide-whether-to-sign-it-in-order-to-proceed-with-its-implementation\">Electoral Code, PM Rama: President must decide whether to sign it, in order to proceed with its implementation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/daily-news\/2020\/10\/21\/eu-ambassador-luigi-soreca-on-euronews-albania-on-constitutional-court-imperfect-justice-reform-and-reconstruction-funds\">EU Ambassador Luigi Soreca on Euronews Albania on the Constitutional Court, imperfect Justice Reform and reconstruction funds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Republic, Ilir Meta, vetoed the Electoral Code amendments adopted in parliament by the Socialist majority. 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