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Constitutional Court against increasing the number of committees from 8 to 11...
The Constitutional Court has rejected Edi Rama's scheme to increase the number of parliamentary committees.
In September, the Socialist Party decided to increase the number of parliamentary committees from 8 to 11, while some of the old committees were resized.
But the DP appealed the change in the Rules of Procedure to the Constitutional Court. According to it, the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly were changed in two meetings of Parliament, which took place within the same day, while the Constitution provides that a law, even when introduced through an accelerated procedure, cannot be approved without 7 days having passed.
According to the DP, the approval of changes to the Rules of Procedure within such a short period of time violates the right of opposition MPs to familiarize themselves with the changes, as well as to propose amendments.
The Constitutional Court seems to have ruled in favor of the DP in this regard. According to the Constitutional Court, the procedure was unconstitutional and needs to be corrected. It has given the Assembly 30 days to restore the committees as they were.
decision
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Albania (Court) on 10.02.2026 examined in a public session the case with the petition of no less than one fifth of the deputies of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania with the subject: “Abolition of decision no. 57/2025, dated 16.09.2025 of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania “On some amendments to the decision of the Assembly no. 166, dated 16.12.2004 “On the approval of the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania, as amended”, as incompatible with the Constitution of the Republic of Albania. Suspension of decision no. 57/2025, dated 16.09.2025 of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania “On some amendments to the decision of the Assembly no. 166, dated 16.12.2004 “On the approval of the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania, as amended”, until a final decision is issued”.
The court convened on 23.02.2026 and, after considering the claims of the parties, assessed that, as far as the basis of the applicant's claims is concerned, the annulment of decision no. 57/2025 should be decided, due to the violation of the principle of representative democracy related to the freedom of expression of deputies as a result of the violation of the rules for convening the Assembly meeting as well as the procedure followed for the approval of the act under review.
The Court also decided that the effects of this repeal will enter into force 30 days after the publication of the decision in the Official Gazette, so that during this period, the Assembly will have the opportunity to organize parliamentary committees according to the standards for the procedure for the adoption of acts set out in the reasoning of this decision.
For the above reasons, at the conclusion of the examination of this case, the Court, unanimously, decided:
• Acceptance of the request
• Repeal of decision no. 57/2025 of 16.09.2025 of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania “On some amendments to the decision of the Assembly no. 166, dated 16.12.2004 “On the approval of the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania, as amended”, as incompatible with the Constitution of the Republic of Albania.
• The repealing effects of this decision enter into force 30 days from the date of publication in the Official Gazette.
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