In the Council for Regulations, Mandates and Immunity in the Assembly, debates have taken place between opposition MPs and the Speaker of the Assembly, Niko Peleshi, following proposals made by the Socialist Party for changes to the Assembly's Rules of Procedure.
The head of the Socialist Party's Parliamentary Group, Taulant Balla, proposed that MPs' speaking time in plenary sessions be reduced from 10 minutes to 5 minutes.
This initiative has been opposed by opposition representatives, with PD MP Saimir Korreshi stating that the changes cannot be approved without a prior decision from the Constitutional Court, emphasizing the need to respect legal procedures.
"We come and bring a report today, or a rightful proposal, but meanwhile you tell us we have to split it. What is this? A cake that we eat half now and half after the Constitutional Court's decision? I want to recall the debate we started in Parliament on the first day, where one of the main debates was that the normal parliamentary path should be followed. It wasn't followed, and here we are again. Today you say since the Constitutional Court hasn't baked the pie yet, hasn't taken it out of the oven, let's leave it. You, Mr. Speaker and Taulanti, cannot decide who to remove from the agenda and who not, because you have placed all of them on the agenda. I must recall 2013 when changes to the Assembly's rules were one of the three conditions required for obtaining candidate status in the EU. Even though PD had it, it still waited for you. Now you... we will make a pie here, half with cheese, half with spinach. This doesn't work. Now what problem do we have that we welcomed the Constitutional Court and gather for all these things once and for all. What is this rush? Just like in the first session... I don't understand this rush," said Korreshi.
On the other hand, the Speaker responded by saying that in today's session there will be no changes, but only the proposals will be heard.
"Maybe we are misunderstood. The idea is not to start and finish today, that is, to conclude with the report on the proposals of the three MPs. Today we will only hear the proposals and that's it. I don't believe it costs anything to this council or violates or precedes any decision, any act, breaks the rules, if we hear the proposals. We listen to them and that's it. As I said at the beginning, we will not finish today. Today we will proceed as far as we will proceed. We like them, we don't like them, we will listen to them. Even a single MP has the right to make proposals and we gather and review them," said Peleshi.