The Twenty-ninth Legislature of Albania (Albanian: Legjislatura e Njëzet e nëntë e Shqipërisë), officially known as the VIII Pluralist Legislature of Albania (Albanian: Legjislatura e VIII Pluraliste e Shqipërisë),[1] is the legislature of Albania following the 2013 general election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Albanian Parliament.[a] The party of the Prime MinisterEdi Rama, PS, with its coalition partners obtained an absolute majority of 83.[5]
Procedure for election of the Chairperson of the Parliament[edit]
The procedure for the election of the Chairperson is foreseen by the Article 6ofParliament's Rules[6] which states that:
A candidate for Chairperson of the Parliament shall be nominated by at least 15 deputies. An MP can not support more than one candidate. The proposal should be made with writing, contains the relevant signatures and is submitted to the Provisional Secretariat of Parliament.
The Chairperson of the Parliament shall be elected without debate and by secret ballot, by majority vote, in the presence of more than half of all members of the Parliament. If none of the candidates has won the required majority, it is followed by a second round, where they vote for the two candidates that have received the most votes.
Voting is publicly organized and chaired by a 5-member Voting Committee that reflects, as far as possible, the political composition of the Parliament. The oldest member by age also exercises the function of the Chairperson the Voting Committee and announce the voting results.
The Speaker of the session immediately invites the elected Chairperson of the Parliament to take his place.
On September 13, 2013, which was the inauguration day of the VI Legislature of the Albanian Parliament, began the morning with the oath of the 140 new deputies elected in the general elections of June 23, 2013.
The voting session in parliament. There were 140 deputies in the session. Ilir Meta was elected Chairman of the Parliament with 91 votes in favor and 45 votes against.
The parliamentary group of the Socialist Party of Albania is chaired by Mr. Gramoz Ruci, who is the leader of this parliamentary group in the previous legislature of the Parliament. The Socialist Party's parliamentary group consists with a total of 65 deputies, emerged from the June 2013 elections; thus obtaining the majority in the Parliament of Albania with its coalition partner the socialist Movement for integration.
Parliamentary Group of the Democratic Party
The parliamentary group of the Democratic Party of Albania consists of 50 deputies, emerged from the June 2013 elections. It is the second largest group in the Albanian Parliament and is chaired by Mr. Edi Paloka. Despite the fact that the Democratic Party won 50 deputies in the general elections of June 2013 Losing 18 seats.
Parliamentary Group of the Socialist Movement for Integration
The parliamentary group of the Socialist Movement for Integration consists of 16 deputies elected in the June 2013 general elections, in which LSI was represented under the electoral alliance with Socialist party and prior being allied with the Democratic Party; and its former ally in the previous legislature. The group is chaired by Mr. Luan Rama.[7]
Parliamentary Group of the Justice, Integration and Unity
The Republican Party was represented in the June 2013 elections under the Alliance for Employment, Prosperity and Integration on the basis of a pre-election political agreement between the allied parties in the opposition, Central Election Commission. The party is led by Fatmir Mediu.
The Parliament Bureau pursues and decides the administrative issues and the interior functioning of the Parliament and of its bodies. The Bureau of Parliament is composed of the Chairperson of the Parliament, the Deputy Chairpersons, two secretaries on the budget and four secretaries. The bureau is led by the chairperson.
The composition of the Bureau of Parliament must reflect, as much as possible, the political composition of the Parliament. It cannot be elected more than one secretary on budget or secretary from the same parliamentary group. One Deputy Chairperson must belong to the biggest opposition party.
The Chairperson of Parliament consults with the leaders of the parliamentary groups about the composition of the Bureau. The composition of the Parliament Bureau is agreed upon with consensus in the meeting of the chairperson with the parliamentary groups' leaders. The Chairperson proposes to vote it at the plenary sitting, which takes the decision with open voting.
The Bureau decides on the budget of the Parliament based on the proposals of the secretaries on the budget; decides on the complaints in the cases of the constitution of the parliamentary groups and the complaints of the parliamentary groups on the composition of the standing committees of the Parliament.
The Bureau of Parliament, with the proposal of the Secretary General, approves the Internal Regulation on Organization and Functioning of Parliament Services. The Bureau of Parliament issues the orders and regulations regarding:
the organization of the services in the Parliament and the assigned tasks to all its sections in compliance with the functioning of the Parliament.
the legal status, the economic treatment and conditions of services to all the Parliament's employees.
The Bureau examines and decides about the disciplinary measures proposed by the Chairperson of the Parliament according to the Article 65/2 of the Parliament Rule. The Bureau of Parliament, with the proposal of the Chairperson of Parliament, appoints the Secretary General of Parliament on the basis of three candidatures from the competition procedures according to the law on civil service. It can approves the annual report of the Parliament's activity prepared by the Secretary General and decides on its publication.[8]
The Constitution of Albania mandates that the Parliament consists of not less than 140 members, elected by a direct elected secret ballot for four-year terms. The electoral system is closed list proportional representation. There are 12 multi-member constituencies corresponding to the 12 administrative regions of the country. Parliamentary elections are held within 60 days to 30 days before the end of the mandate and not later than 45 days after dissolution.
As specified by the current electoral legislation in Albania, 140 members of the Parliament are elected in multi-seat constituencies. Within any constituency, parties must meet a threshold of 3 percent of votes, and pre-election coalitions must meet a threshold of 5 percent of votes.[9][10]
The following is a list of 140 members elected to the parliament in the 2013 general election. It consists of the representative's name, party, and they are divided according to the 12 constituencies of Albania to which they belong,[11] in addition to noting members assigned to government, resigned or deceased, with their parliamentary functions, chair and deputy chairs of standing committees and parliamentary leaders of the parties.[12]
Thirteen representatives are members of Rama I Cabinet and a fourteenth its elected as Chairperson of the Parliament. MP's can exercise the function of the minister and at the same time hold the post of deputy.[13]
