Europe will investigate the division of property in Albania
La Pergola: We will send a group of jurists to conduct investigations
For the state, one cannot speak of the rule of law, but without resolving the property problem one cannot speak of a Constitution. This is an opinion that the Republican Party has put forward on the Albanian political scene for some time, not as a simple view, but as a solution that should resolve many issues that have been, and continue to remain, unresolved in our country. The more the issue of the Constitution is debated, the more necessary it becomes to resolve this problem once and for all: that of lawful property in Albania. This is not for the satisfaction of one or several political forces whose programmes are founded precisely on resolving the property issue, but because property itself is the foundation of all legality. One cannot speak of a genuine state governed by the rule of law if the elementary right to own and inherit property is absent; an economy cannot be built, much less promoted as being put on the track of a market economy, as long as its basic element, property, remains at a crossroads; nor can it be accepted that the country and its order will be stabilized as long as property has not been stabilized and its lawful owners have not been reassured.
These are not inventions of the Republican Party, but arguments formulated and accepted over centuries; they are the foundations of all states that know how and wish to follow the path of democracy. And Mr. Sabri Godo held a working meeting with the delegation of the Venice Commission, headed by the renowned constitutional expert La Pergola. Mr. Godo raised the property issue and explained that his remarks on the current state of property in Albania drew considerable…
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