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The Rules of Procedure Council in the Assembly of Albania unanimously approved the changes to the new Rules of Procedure, thus ending a debate that had created quite a bit of chaos and clashes in the Parliament hall for months.
The new regulation also specifies that one MP cannot support more than one candidacy regarding proposals for independent institutions, thus putting an end to a practice that has been used so far, where MPs' signatures were used to complete the number of MPs usually needed to support the candidacies that were submitted.
Another change concerns the way the head of SPAK will report to the Assembly. Referring to the New Regulation, the head of SPAK will no longer report in plenary session, but only before two committees, the Laws and Institutional Oversight committees.
The DP failed to obtain the change of committees, also the Ethics Secretariat will have a secretary and 5 members, where the number will be equal between the SP and the DP, but when the result can be divided 3 by 3, and the vote of the secretary who will be from the SP will decide.
The main points where the PS withdrew and what was accepted by the DP
1. Points where the PS withdrew
a) The SP withdrew from the proposal that any draft law requested by the EU be reviewed within one week through an accelerated procedure.
b) The SP withdrew from halving the discussion time in the plenary session.
c) The SP withdrew from the proposal that constitutional institutions not report to the plenary session, accepting the DP's position that reporting to the Assembly should be done by every institution that has a constitutional obligation to report.
d) The SP also withdrew from the proposal that all institutions report only to the Xhafaj Commission, accepting the DP's position that annual reports be made to the responsible committees according to the field.
2. Points that were accepted by the DP:
a) The DP's proposal to strengthen parliamentary control through the intervention of the Speaker of the Assembly in cases where institutions do not respond to MPs' requests for information was accepted. According to the accepted amendment:
- The Speaker of the Assembly is obliged to request a response from the institution within 5 days of the deadline;
- in case of failure to respond, the head of the institution is required to take disciplinary measures up to and including dismissal.
b) The DP's proposal was accepted that committee chairs, when requested by the parliamentary minority, be obliged to call committee meetings or hearings with heads of institutions within two days of submitting the request.
c) The DP's proposal that, at the request of a parliamentary group leader, the plenary session be adjourned at 10:00 PM and resumed the following day was accepted.
d) The proposal was accepted that disciplinary measures be automatically suspended if appealed to the Bureau of the Assembly. Disciplinary measures will no longer be counted in working days, but in calendar days. Ethics Secretariat with an equal number of members.
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