TIRANA, September 14 /ATA/ Under the two co-chairs Jorida Tabaku and Taulant Balla, there was held the first constitutive meeting of the special parliamentary commission “For drafting some additions and changes to law no. 15, dated 5.03.2015, “On the role of the Assembly in the process of integration of the Republic of Albania into the European Union”.
At the beginning of the meeting, Tabaku presented the purpose of setting up the commission, its composition and emphasized the need to review the current legislation and strengthen the role of the Assembly at this important moment in the integration process, after opening of the first Albania-EU Inter-governmental Conference.
On his part, Balla presented the need for revision of the current legislation and the further strengthening of the leadership role of the Assembly in this process, where all authorities must periodically report on with the steps taken in the progress of the process, but also to become part of the discussion of the strategy or other important documents.
Emphasizing the irreplaceable role of the opposition in the process, Balla emphasized that holding of the first Albania-EU Intergovernmental Conference and the start of official talks with the EU should be understood as an added responsibility by the legislators.
Then, Tabaku spoke about composition of the Technical Secretariat that will assist the special commission in carrying out its activities. The Special Parliamentary Commission “On drafting some additions and changes to law no. 15, dated 5.03.2015 “On the role of the Assembly in the process of the Integration of Republic of Albania in the EU” is co-chaired by Jorida Tabaku and Taulant Balla and has as members: Etilda Gjoni, Toni Gogu, Gerta Duraku, Kreshnik Çollaku, Mesila Doda and Fatmir Mediu.
The term of this commission’s activity is defined as a 2-month period from the entry into force of the decision./j.p/p.s./
