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KRAGUJEVAC - Serbia's Assistant Justice Minister Cedomir Backovic said Monday constitutional amendments relating to the judiciary should be coordinated with the Venice Commission by the end of the year.

Ivanov said he will not sign a law that the parliament adopted on January 11, insisting that the provision goes against the country's Constitution.

"We are passing an unjust law that favors the Albanian language," Ivanov told a press conference on Wednesday.

President Rumen Radev returned the Counter-Corruption and Forfeiture of Unlawfully Acquired Assets Bill to the National Assembly for reconsideration, the presidential press office said.

According to the head of state, the measures envisaged in the adopted bill, though necessary, are not sufficient to effectively counteract corruption.

A constitutional crisis roiling Australian politics claimed a new victim Nov. 14 with the resignation of the eighth lawmaker to be felled by a once-obscure rule barring dual citizens from federal office.

GERB, the majority partner in the coalition cabinet, said on 13th of November that they would propose a change to the Constitution to abolish the statute of limitations for the investigation of privatisation related crimes. They hope that all parliamentary groups will support the tabling of the proposals.

Parliament is due to vote Tuesday on the amendment drafted by the government in a bid to complete the stalled performance evaluation of civil servants, but unionists are planning to push back against the coalition's plans.

Turkey's parliament has voted for the 18-article internal regulation amendment which reduces the duration of speeches and discussion opportunities for opposition parties amid strong criticisms.

The amendment, prepared by the joint efforts of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), was approved at the plenary session on late July 27.

The Parliamentary Commission has finalized the discussions on the 18-article amendment to the internal regulation of the Turkish parliament late on July 20 amid criticisms from opposition parties.

I listened very carefully to the speech of Zerrin Güngör, president of the Council of State (Danıştay). As in every long speech, there were both correct and questionable aspects.