an hour agoEtem Arifi in prison, deputy chairman of his party casts doubt on reason for arrest
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)The votes of former President Eem Arifi for the collapse of Kurti Government and later the establishment of the Hoti Government could shake the political scene in Kosovo if it proves to be unconstitutional. When I voted in two sessions, the MP was sentenced to jail for fraud. By reasoning that he was sick, he avoided prison but not participating in the Assembly. [...]
When I voted in two sessions, the MP was sentenced to jail for fraud. By reasoning that he was sick, he avoided prison but not participating in the Assembly.
Since last week, Hoti Government has no 61 votes in the Assembly, because MP Eem Arifi from the Ashkali community, whose vote allows the coalition a simple majority, is in prison.
Now the Ashkalin Party for Integration is headed by Deputy Mayor Qazim Canman, currently deputy minister of culture.
And we think that this is only about meeting the statistics on fighting corruption to be declared against the international community”, says Qazim Canman, deputy chairman of PAI.
Given the Law for Elections, the former President Arifi replaces the second on the list from this party, with more votes. In this case, he is Deputy Minister Candorman, who has already made up his mind.
“I'll be the deputy of the Parliament when the replacement procedure” comes in, Tman says.
The procedure under the Law for Elections, Article 112, for replacing an MP, begins at the request of the Assembly to the president, which calls for the name of the Central Election Commission, to follow the Assembly. But should Hoti government account for 61th vote of the Ashkali Party, which is part of the government coalition?
The Agreement defines this Government as bringing investment to the Ashkali community, infrastructure, health, education and better welfare. So if the deal isn't respected, we too know that we can be the ones who can make the block”, says Qazim Kmman.
In April 2018, Etem Arifi was sentenced to two years in prison for fund fraud of 26 thousand euros.
The guilt was proven by Appeals on August 20, 2020, but were lifted nine months of sentence.
Under the Constitution, the MP's mandate ends if the lawmaker is sentenced to one or more years in prison. In spite of the sentence, Arifi voted in two important Assembly sessions, since the court approved the demands, so that, for health reasons, it would not go behind bars.
On March 25th, Arifi cast the pro-missing vote of Kurti Government, and June 3rd, also voted in favour of establishing the Hoti Government. The request for assessing the legality of MP Arifi's voter turnout in those two sessions, while convicted, the Vetevendosje Movement has sent him to the Constitutional Court on 11 June, which has not yet decided on the case.
