CoE asks politics to launch compromise

TIRANA, Jan. 20 – The Council of Europe has prepared a draft report it is to discuss later this month written from two rapporteurs who visited Albania last month.
Co-rapporteurs for Albania, Jaakko Laakso (Finland, UEL) and David Wilshire (United Kingdom, EDG) visited the country after and the Assembly will discuss the functioning of democratic institutions in Albania.
They say that the country’s political crisis is damaging the integration steps and urge the government and the opposition to give an end to that.
They suggest a joint parliamentary investigative committee on the June 28, 2009 general elections and also urge the opposition to end the parliament boycott.
They urge the Albanian government and opposition to put an end to the current political crisis and assume their responsibilities in order to proceed with vital reforms.
The government should set up, without further delay, a parliamentary committee of inquiry into the June 2009 elections and the opposition should return to parliament and fully participate in its work.
They have also urged the Albanian authorities to improve the legislative electoral framework, in close co-operation with the Venice Commission.