{"id":81713,"date":"2025-12-03T18:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=81713"},"modified":"2025-12-03T20:18:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:18:00","slug":"dp-issues-official-response-on-the-election-of-the-ombudsman-here-is-why-we-withdrew-our-signatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/dp-issues-official-response-on-the-election-of-the-ombudsman-here-is-why-we-withdrew-our-signatures\/","title":{"rendered":"DP issues official response on the election of the Ombudsman: Here is why we withdrew our signatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Party has issued an official statement regarding the matter of supporting the candidates for Ombudsman. In its reaction, the DP emphasizes that opposition MPs have withdrawn all previously submitted signatures and have proposed the establishment of a transparent process.<\/p>\n<p>It is further stated that the withdrawal of signatures will be officially submitted to the Parliament. According to the DP, the opposition\u2019s signatures were given before the candidates had been qualified by the Law Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe signatures of the opposition MPs were given before the qualification of the candidates by the Law Commission, regardless of when the candidates themselves submitted them to Parliament, and some of them used these signatures unlawfully as a proposal for voting (which is not true) in the meaning of Article 9 of the Law on the Ombudsman.<\/p>\n<p>After the decision of the Law Commission\u2014officially communicated to the parliamentary groups\u2014stating that \u2018one MP supports only one candidate according to the law,\u2019 opposition MPs withdrew all previously submitted signatures and proposed building a transparent selection process between the majority and the opposition.<\/p>\n<p>We remain awaiting the institutional response of the Speaker of Parliament in order to proceed further. The withdrawal of signatures is being officially deposited in Parliament,\u201d the DP statement reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Party has issued an official statement regarding the matter of supporting the candidates for Ombudsman. In its reaction, the DP emphasizes that opposition MPs have withdrawn all previously submitted signatures and have proposed the establishment of a transparent process. 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