{"id":64426,"date":"2024-01-09T12:47:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T11:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=64426"},"modified":"2024-01-09T12:47:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T11:47:18","slug":"laws-requiring-84-votes-blocked-parliament-set-to-return-on-january-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/laws-requiring-84-votes-blocked-parliament-set-to-return-on-january-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Laws requiring 84 votes blocked, Parliament set to return on January 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new parliamentary session is expected to bring along with it draft laws that have not been approved due to the lack of consensus between the majority and the opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The penal amnesty for the convicted is waiting for approval in Parliament, to release around 600 convicts for minor criminal offenses from prison.<\/p>\n<p>Since May 2022, Erinda Ballanca\u2019s term as the Ombudsman has ended, but the deadlock created between political parties has led her to continue in office until the appointment of her successor.<\/p>\n<p>The draft that increases the salaries of members of the Constitutional Court is still in the drawers of the Parliament and awaits the cooperation of the parties.<\/p>\n<p>Electoral Reform is another issue that requires a qualified majority of votes to correct voting rules.<\/p>\n<p>The Parliament established a working group to correct the laws of the justice reform, laws that have not yet been brought to a vote but also require 84 votes.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, January 15, parliamentary life resumes, and the Socialists and Democrats will have to find common ground to pass the laws with the required majority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new parliamentary session is expected to bring along with it draft laws that have not been approved due to the lack of consensus between the majority and the opposition. 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