Patozi: President, according the Constitution

22/09/2011 00:00

The Democratic Parliamentary Group leader and vice leader of the
Democratic Party, Astrit Patozi, declared for Top Channel’s program “Top
Story” that the next Albanian President will be elected in full
accordance with the Constitution and the basic law. The majority has the
luxury to elect him even without the consensus of the opposition.

“The President will be elected in full accordance with the Constitution. After a possible failure of a bilateral consensus, the President will be elected with 71 votes. The other way is for the opposition to agree with the name of the President proposed by the majority, which has the luxury to elect him all alone”, Patozi declared.

The Democratic Party vice leader underlined the government’s stance for not changing the constitution, but he didn’t rule out any possible surprise for Presidential candidate, who might be accepted by the government and the opposition too.

Patozi: Opposition not doing its job

Astrit Patozi, vice leader of the Democratic Party, declared for Top Channel’s program “Top Story” that the opposition is not doing its job by not approving the Parliament laws, regressing this way in the road towards EU integration.

“We made a step back today, because the opposition returned with its conditions in Parliament. The opposition did not accept to vote even against these laws. We are facing a dramatic situation due to the opposition”, Patozi declared.

“The Albanians were expecting more from the opposition, because Rama had declared that his party would take a new course, but nothing has changed”, the Democratic Party vice leader declared.

“We will continue our course. The opposition had promised cooperation for the integration process. The recommendations of the international community cannot be fulfilled without the opposition’s cooperation, and the opposition accepted to make this without any condition, but they didn’t keep their promise”, Patozi declared.

“The Albanian citizens expect the opposition to do its job. Today we should have approved fie laws. We cannot be grateful to the opposition only for returning to Parliament, because it is their duty”, Patozi declared.

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