
The Criminal Code will be toughened, providing for prison sentences for persons who commit administrative violations.
In the Laws Committee, the Minister of Justice, Besfort Lamanllari , presented the government's proposals, which include in the Criminal Code a prison sentence for double parking, occupying public spaces, as well as toughening the punishment for unauthorized construction.
"The law intervenes in an everyday phenomenon but with consequences for public safety. Parking in the second row. Treating it as a criminal offense in cases where this seriously impedes the circulation and movement of emergency vehicles."
Amendments have also been requested to decriminalize defamation of journalists.
Following warnings of changes to the Criminal Code, where many administrative violations will be punishable by imprisonment, the government's draft has reached the Laws Committee, where the changes requested by the Council of Ministers have been approved.