Parliament

The Democrats submitted to the Parliament the initiative for constitutional changes that pave the way to the political vetting. Lulzim Basha, as the initiator of this amendment, spoke of the necessity of disconnecting “Edi Rama’s ties with the crime”. “The law was once negotiated, the same as the status of judges and prosecutors. There is...

Parliament voted with 121 votes in favor of setting up an inquiry committee for narcotics trafficking in the country and investigative file against Saimir Tahiri. The establishment of this committee was demanded by the opposition to verify the legality of the acts of the Assembly and the government, as well as the effects of the...

In a heated situation, between tension and smokers cast by opposition MPs, the ruling majority voted Arta Marku in the post of the acting Chief Prosecutor. At the same time the chief prosecutor made the oath. Opposition’s leader Lulzim Basha considered the election unconstitutional  by the majority of the chief prosecutor and requested the removal...

After parliament dismissed the prosecution’s request for authorization, Democratic Party leader Lulzim Basha said it was the first time in political pluralism that the Parliament refuses the Prosecution’s request to lift a MP’s immunity. Opposition’s leader said that this was the only case in the history of the world that parliament has put more attention...

Parliament voted today against  Serious Crimes Prosecution’s request for issuing the authorization of MP Saimir Tahiri arrest. As warned, Socialist MPs voted against the prosecution request to lift the immunity of Tahiri paving the way for his arrest due to the alleged ties with drug trafficking. Parliament authorized only the apartment inspection but not Tahiri’s...

Democratic Party has decided to boycott parliamentary committees during this week as the parliament is expected to decide on the immunity of MP Saimir Tahiri. The sources told ABC News that the DP will not attend the parliamentary commissions this week. DP members will not be present either at the meeting being held by the...

Democrats warn of escalating parliamentary action by seeking the return of the plenary session of questions to ministers and the prime minister. The Parliamentary Group decision comes after the tensions that accompanied the Thursday session and the exclusion of Lulzim Basha for breaking the Assembly’s regulation. “We will intensify our parliamentary activity, restoring a practice...

Following the tension in the parliament, Democratic Party Chairman Lulzim Basha said that social peace and democratic coexistence is endangered, as he urged Albanians to take control over the Parliament. “If this Parliament decides to bring once again  the dictatorial regime that for 50 years has stopped thinking differently, and executed in all forms and...

Assembly Speaker Gramoz Ruçi has excluded Democratic Party chairman Lulzim Basha from today’s session. Basha was warned several times by Ruçi that disciplinary measures would be taken against him for leaving the Parliament session. “I did not want the first disciplinary measure to be applied to the opposition’s leader, Lulzim Basha,” said Gramoz Ruçi, as...