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On October 16, the Constitutional Court will hold a plenary session on the basis of documents to review the duration of the mandates of its members, following an official request from the President of the Republic. The session will not be public and will not have the presence of the parties, as provided for in Article 33 of the Organic Law of the Constitutional Court.
The opposition, through an official request, addressed a few days ago to the Speaker of Parliament Niko Peleshi, requesting that the Assembly be represented by a representative in this process, as provided by law in cases related to the competences of the Assembly. But this request was silently rejected, with the argument that there will be no public session and therefore no representation is needed.
This has brought a harsh reaction from Gazment Bardhi, the chairman of the DP parliamentary group. In a public statement, Bardhi accuses Pelesh of denying the institutional role of the opposition and of turning the Assembly into a party-state office.
"Niko Peleshi sets a new standard. For him, the mandates of members of the Constitutional Court are a party-state matter, where the opposition does not even have the right to express an opinion," Bardhi declares.
He adds that even if the session is not public, representation of the Assembly can be achieved through a written opinion, but this is not allowed either.
"No one before him has dared to go to these levels. Peleshi continues to sign 'state nonsense', without understanding what he is signing for, nor what he is using the seal of the highest state institution for," concludes Bardhi.
The opposition warns that the exclusion from a matter directly related to the constitutional balances and functioning of the Constitutional Court is a dangerous precedent that undermines the rule of law. The October 16 session is expected to take place without the participation of any opposition representative of the Assembly.
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