Debate over regulation, the majority passes without consensus

Debate over regulation, the majority passes without consensus

Amendments to the regulation of the Assembly proposed by the Socialist Party have brought debate between the ruling majority and the opposition. 

The Democratic Party strongly insisting that this must be handled under the competencies of the “Council of Rules, Mandates and Immunities.”

Refusing the opposition's request to pass the process of amending the regulation on mandates to the Council of Assembly, the MPs of the majority voted in principle on the Rules of Assembly in the new proposed amendments.

According to DP MP Enkelejd Alibeaj, the will for consensus among majority members does not exist.

This is because they refused to discuss it in the Mandate Council that had the parity of votes between parties, however, as they currently have the majority of votes, they preferred going through the Law Committee.

The purpose of this, according to Alibeaj, is to protect MPs from penal prosecution.

In his first speech at the Committee after leaving his post of Minister, Fatmir Xhafaj asked that Parliament to inspect the role of the deputy. 

With the changes that have been made, the deputies, according to Xhafaj, have become like cartoons and this situation, according to him, needs to be corrected.

“It is not positive that from the year 2005 to 2017 the regulation has been changed 8 times. I appreciate the work of Vasilika Hysi on the material presented for the regulation.

“I agree that it should be a consensual process. The proposals should bring about a sustainable project. The regulation and the changes do not focus on the role of MPs.

What would I like to see in these changes would be the role of the MO in the legislative process and working on behalf of the voter.

Even though their votes have already been casted, the Socialist MPs have said they will not go to Parliament without the opposition's consensus.

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