The constitutional powers of the President of the Republic for setting the date of the elections and the review of this presidential decree for setting the date of the elections

Abstract

The constitutional powers of the President of the Republic of Albania for setting the date of elections and the review of the presidential decree for setting the date of the elections had never tested the constitutional system of Albania as in the case of the local elections of June 30, 2019. Indeed, not only the country constitutional system failed to properly address all the constitutional issues that were raised, but also the Venice Commission failed to play the expected role as an independent constitutional expertise body and ended up in being a politically correcting expertise body. Nevertheless, away from political discussion and rhetoric, the constitutional analysis of the President’s constitutional power for setting the date of election and the revision of the respective presidential decree constitute important constitutional issues that soon would test again our constitutional system. Thus, the aim of this paper would be an exhaustive analysis of these two constitutional issues along with other basic constitutional issues that are crucial in understanding the entire picture such as theoretical discussion of the basic notions of a legal system of such as: legal values, legal principles, and legal norms, the interpretation of norms, normative acts etc. This analysis will also include a comparative study between several countries that have a similar constitutional framework.