The final opinion of the Venice Commission for the Justice Reform has
amended eight paragraphs. Compared to the document issued by the end of
February, the amends are generally technical. Except for one, which adds
two sentences to paragraph 8. Sentences which could change the
political stances for the justice reform.
“The Venice Commission has tried to avoid repeating comments from the Interim Opinion, which were related to issues that were eliminated from the reviewed text. The Commission of Venice has expressed on the Final Opinion the strong criticisms for the reviewed draft-amends”
This means that the Venice Commission has narrowed down the area in which the political parties can debate, by avoiding the previous issues from earlier drafts. Politically, this means that the Venice Commission has invalidated 11 points set by the Democratic Party as conditions for dialogue with the majority. The Final Opinion doesn’t mention the Supreme Administrative Court which the opposition had listed as number 1 of their 11 conditions. The Final Opinion doesn’t mention the Supreme Administrative Court for which the opposition or the SMI were against.
The Final Opinion has narrowed down the area for political dialogue only for the qualified majority, for the composition of some new institutions of the justice system. The Final Opinion of the Venice Commission was published this Monday evening, but the political parties failed to react.
What remains in power is only the promise of the Democratic Party vice leader for a justice reform. He declared this Monday, before these amendments were published, that the will of the opposition is in line with the Venice Commission.
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