President returns waste management law

The law passed two weeks ago, only with the votes of the majority. The President argued that the article that provides waste import has no connection with the purpose of this law.

“The Constitution, our basic document that instructs the entire social and state activity, provides as one of the social objectives of the Albanian institutions, the goal of having a healthier environment and ecologically suitable for the next generations”, the President declared.

In his motivation, the President explains that, based on the Constitution, he decided to not decree the law and returned it for a review at the Parliament, since there are dispositions contradicting the purpose of the law itself.

“The main goal is to take the necessary and indispensable measures for managing the waste materials in the Albanian republic. Article 49 for the import of waste materials in Albania contradicts the purpose of this law. The entire law is dedicated to the creation of measures and procedures for managing waste materials, as a serious problem that is still unsolved in Albania. Importing waste materials from other countries contradicts the declared purpose for ‘minimizing the waste materials and reducing the negative effects created by the integrated creation and management of the waste materials’, and ‘reducing the general negative effects created by the usage of the resources’”, says the motivation.

The President appealed the MPs to review the law, in order to make it fulfill the purpose for which it is being approved, that of managing waste materials in the Albanian territory and protecting the environment and people’s health.

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