KUVEND APPROVES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600340352-3
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 352
• Publication Date: September 6, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL OEn l IAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
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Tirana
5 Jul 1950
Albanian
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
KUVEND APPROVES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
At its third session, held 4 July 1950, the People's Fuvend approved a
series of amendments and additions to the Albanian Constitution, including
the following:
The amendment to Article 10 states, "The state supports the socialist
development of agriculture by organizing state agricultural enterprises and
machine tractor stations and by assisting the agricultural cooperatives and
other forms of working peasants' associations created on a voluntary basis."
an amendment to Article 18 asserts the leadership of the Communist Party.
Another addition states that "the protection of state and cooperative
property is a sacred duty, and injury thereto is a serious crime. Those re-
sponsible for such injury are enemies of the people."
Articles 39, 42, 43, and 57, dealing with the People's Kuvend, are re-
voked and replaced by the following provisions:
Legislative authority belongs exclusively to the People's Kuvend.
Initiative belongs to the Presidium, the government, and the deputies.
The leadership of the People's Kuvend is to be elected for a 4-year
term, and not for a single session.
The People's Kuvend shall convene twice a year in regular sessions.
The dates for convening it shall not be fixed, but shall be determined by
the national interest and the work to be done.
Amendments to the Constitution shall require a two-thirds vote, rather
than a simple plurality as in the past.
Articles 58 and 64 as amended recognize the right of the government to i:.-
sue decisions and orders, and the right of minirtries to issue orders, and direc-
tives.
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Article 81, as emended, specifies that the people's courts, with the ex-
ception of the Supreme Court, shall be elected by the people.
Article 79 is amended to empower the district courts to impose sentences
of more than 10 years. They may now try persons accused of any offense and
pronounce sentences without restriction.
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