Parliamentary Control and Investigative Commissions: Comparative View

Abstract

The Constitution of the Republic of Albania in its basic principles defines that sovereignty belongs to the people, to all citizens. The people exercise their sovereignty in the ways and within the limits provided by the Constitution itself. One of the most important ways of expressing popular sovereignty is the election of members of the Assembly. So, citizens participate in the governance of Res Publica through their representatives. Parliament structurally consists of one chamber and is a central institution in our constitutional system. In addition to the representative function, it performs the legislative function and the control function. Parliamentary control over the Government is concretized in several institutions of parliamentary law and aims to highlight its political responsibility towards the Assembly. For the sake of truth, it should be emphasized that it makes sense to talk about parliamentary control only for the period of political pluralism because before this period the Parliament executed the party-State directives. The government, in parliamentary republics, answers to the Parliament for its activity because it is inextricably linked to the vote of confidence it receives from it. One of the most important tools to oversee the Government's activity is the establishment of Investigative Commissions. These Commissions aim to guarantee the transparency and responsibility of the activity of the Government supported by the parliamentary majority.

Received: 05 May 2022 / Accepted: 16 May 2023 / Published: 20 May 2023