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White paper to foreign embassies: Stop unilateral changes to the Assembly's regulations

2025-09-15 17:33:55Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

White paper to foreign embassies: Stop unilateral changes to the Assembly's

The Chairman of the Democratic Party Parliamentary Group, Gazment Bardhi, has sent a letter to all embassies in Tirana, denouncing the actions of the majority regarding the changes to the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, for which the Speaker of Parliament Niko Peleshi has also called sessions the following day.

The Democratic MP claims that this action "harms Albania's European integration."

In a letter addressed to nine embassies in Tirana, including the United States embassy and the European Union Delegation, Bardhi raised concerns over the changes proposed by Edi Rama to the Rules of Procedure of Parliament during the Socialist Party's National Assembly on September 11.

“On September 11, during the National Assembly of the Socialist Party, Prime Minister Edi Rama declared that a working group, composed only of members of the Socialist Party, has been working on several changes that should be made to the naming, composition and leadership of parliamentary committees. No opposition MP was part of this working group, nor was he invited to be part of it. The unilateral proposals made by Prime Minister Rama included increasing the number of parliamentary committees from 8 to 11, as well as merging the Committee on European Integration with the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The new Committee on Europe and Foreign Affairs will be led by the socialist majority, a departure from long parliamentary tradition and democratic practice,” he writes, among other things.

According to Bardhi, removing the leadership of the European Integration Commission from opposition representatives harms the integration process and excludes the opposition from this process.

"Apart from the fact that these proposals were not presented through the regular parliamentary procedure, but during the National Assembly of the Socialist Party, they completely ignore the models of the Western Balkan countries, in which each parliament has a dedicated committee for European integration, led by the opposition (Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia). The main purpose of these committees is to guarantee proper consideration of any draft law related to European integration, as well as to ensure a meaningful role of the opposition in the integration process," he continues.

The head of the DP Group claims that the unilateral adoption of changes to the Regulation, especially changes that affect European integration, harms the spirit of democratic coexistence, consensus and inclusiveness.

“The Rules of Parliament guarantee the democratic coexistence of political parties and any amendment must be made through dialogue, consensus and inclusiveness. Any proposal must be reviewed by the Parliamentary Council on Rules, Mandates and Ethics, which consists of 10 MPs, in parity between the majority and the opposition. This configuration aims to ensure that any amendment is not approved unless there is an inter-party agreement. While this principle is important for all changes, it is particularly important for those changes that affect European integration, which is and should remain a matter of national agreement rather than party control,” Bardhi emphasizes in the letter.

On behalf of the DP Group, he requests the intervention of embassies to prevent the unilateral approval of these changes by the socialist majority, by first sitting down at the dialogue table with opposition representatives.

"For these reasons, we kindly urge your Excellencies to take these developments into account and, in your capacities as valued partners and friends of our country, to encourage the restoration of inclusiveness and consensus in the functioning of the Albanian Parliament. Preserving democratic traditions is not only a matter of domestic importance, but an indispensable requirement for Albania's European integration journey."

The leader of the Democratic Group made these positions known even after the first meeting of the Conference of Speakers.


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