31 minutes agoParliament did not receive the mandate of corruption-condemned MP Eemem Arifi
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)MP Eem Arifi, though convicted of corruption, has been exploiting the vote in the Kosovo Assembly for several months. The one year and three-month prison sentence against Ashkali Party deputy has become powerful in January this year. This sentence, according to the Constitution, according to the Rule of the Parliament, but [...]
That sentence, according to the Constitution, according to the Parliament's Rule of the Assembly, but also the MP's Law for Rights and responsibilities leads to the loss of the MP's mandate.
Ehat Miftaraj, from the Kosovo Institute for Justice, has said the responsibility to take over the mandate of an MP convicted of corruption is Kosovo's Parliament. The decisions the MP has voted for, according to him, are legal, writes Koha Ditore.
The “Deputet in question, based on applicable law, until the MP's mandate from the Kosovo Assembly is not taken, enjoys all the rights and privileges belonging to a Kosovo Assembly deputy, including the right to vote”, Miftaraj has said.
Nearly three months after the indictment against Arifi has become all-powerful, Parliament Speaker Vjosa Osmani has requested information from justice bodies on the case.
Kosovo's constitution confirms when convicts lose the mandate of MPs.
“When sentenced to a formal form ruling for criminal offence to one or more years in prison”, says Article 70 of the Constitution.
Arifi has been sentenced to more than a year in prison. That means he's lost his mandate...
