TIRANA – Start of immediate work by experts of President’s Office and Parliament has been considered as imperative by the heads of these institutions Ilir Meta and Gramoz Ruci respectively to identify all issues for making the Constitutional Court and the High Court as functional as possible.
This common language was found by Meta and Ruci on Tuesday at a meeting requested by the head of state. Meta said that after the publication of the Opinion of the Venice Commission on the process of appointments to the Constitutional Court, it is extremely important that the recommendations of the Commission be implemented immediately. He reiterated the need for co-operation between all institutions in order to renew and make the Constitutional Court and the High Court as functional as possible. The President pledged to immediately begin the work for a unique interpretation of the recommendations and consentaneity for their constitutional and legal implementation.
This process is already under the monitoring not only of the Venice Commission, but also of the European Union, German Bundestag, Dutch and Danish Parliament, etc., whose assessment will be key to starting the process of the membership negotiations with the European Union, according to Meta.
For his part Speaker Ruci emphasized that he considered unacceptable the delay in the renewal of the Constitutional Court and the High Court by the independent institutions.
Speaker said the Albanian Pariament in the resolutions adopted during the annual reports of the governing bodies of the justice system (High Judicial Council and High Prosecutors Council) has imposed the obligation of these bodies to complete all vacancies to the High Court as soon as possible./argumentum.al
