Monitoring the publication of Laws and acts of the Council of Ministers in the Official Journal (Gazette), 2006, 2007, 2008

The publication in the Official Journal of Laws, normative acts of the Council of Ministers, ministers and other institutions is a constitutional obligation and a juridical (legal) condition for these acts to enter into force (come into effect). Publication of Laws and other official acts in the Official Journal presumes the fact that everyone is informed of these acts. The state accomplishes its constitutional and legal obligation by publishing its own official acts if expecting from its citizens and its component institutions to respect and/or execute these acts.

CPII has monitored the publication of laws in the Official Journal (Gazette) as well as of the acts issued by the Council of Ministers. Through this monitoring, CPII has identified normative acts (having the force of law) issued by the Council of Ministers as well as Decisions of the Council of Ministers (DCMs) which results that are left out of publication in the official Journal over the years 2006, 2007 and 2008.

This monitoring is the first of its type ever conducted in Albania, by e specialised civil society operator, such as CPII, through the application of a dedicated methodology. Attached to this introduction you may find the Monitoring Conclusions

It does not interest this monitoring to guess or imply whether behind the failures identified in regard to the publication in the Official Journal of Council of Ministers’ acts there are non-transparent intentions or lack of willingness to enforce and/or respect the Law. In addition, this study does not intend to interpret the findings presented, but simply to identify and bring them forward for discussion in the frame of the institutional and public debate, in order to help improve the current situation (see: Recommendations).
In other words, this Monitoring  represents and objective attempt to prove through the generated results that the official publication system in Albania does not respond well the needs as required by the laws.

This Monitoring was conducted in the framework of a project supported by the Soros Foundation in Albania, titled: “Control – Verification on the law enforcement with regard to state publications, with special emphasis to the DCMs transparency…”.

The purpose of monitoring >>

Monitoring Conclusions >>

Recommendations >>

Briefly on methodology >>

Methodological restrictions >>