Xhaçka's mandate, what the Venice Commission says: MPs cannot be forced to vote properly

The Venice Commission today reviewed the request sent by the Speaker of Parliament Elisa Spiropali, regarding the interpretation of the Constitution regarding the mandate of the socialist MP Olta Xhaçka.

Confidential sources from the Venice Commission tell Top Channel that the decision, which is expected to be announced early next week, states that Parliament and MPs cannot be forced to vote in a certain way.

In April of this year, after the Constitutional Court's verdict, the Socialist Party said that this decision could not force the MP to vote and with the force of a stick overturned the court's decision.

The opposition referred the matter back to the Constitutional Court, requesting that this decision be declared incompatible with the Constitution and that a final interpretation be given to resolve the conflict of powers between the Assembly and the parliamentary minority of 1/10 of the deputies.

The court took it into consideration, but on the other hand, the Assembly claimed that it should be the Venice Commission that provides a comprehensive analysis of all decisions taken on this issue, as "it results in an unclear legal situation being created regarding the way in which deputies should behave when faced with a motion that may be presented by the Speaker of the Assembly or a group of deputies, consisting of no less than 1/10 of all deputies."

Then it was the Speaker of the Parliament, Elisa Spiropali, who turned to the Venice Commission for a final opinion to resolve the impasse regarding the mandate of Socialist MP Olta Xhaçka.