Parliament will exercise oversight over the activity of the Commission for Exceptional Situations (CSE), and the duration of the state of emergency will become more flexible. These provisions are included in the draft amendments to the Law on Crisis Management, adopted yesterday in the first reading, TRIBUNA reports.

The draft defines the powers of the parliamentary standing committees — in particular the Committee on National Security, Defence and Public Order — which will be able to examine at any time the enforceable decisions issued by the CSE during crisis situations. Based on these assessments, the committees will prepare reports to be submitted to Parliament for approval, after which the legislature may propose that the Government amend or fully or partially repeal those acts.

The parliamentary oversight mechanism requires the CSE to submit to Parliament, within 72 hours, all acts, restrictions, and measures adopted by the executive authorities and competent institutions. Parliamentary committees will have the right to verify at any time the legality, necessity, proportionality, and temporary nature of these measures.

After the state of emergency ends, the Government will be required to present Parliament with a detailed report on the measures applied, their impact, and the assessment of the situation at the time the exceptional regime was lifted.