The Albanian Parliament has approved an opposition Democratic Party’s request not to include Sali Berisha in its parliamentary groups. Berisha, who was one of the founders of the PD in 1990 and its undisputed leader until 2013, as well as Albania’s former prime minister and president, was excluded by the parliamentary group of the main
I had high hopes for the start of the new Parliament. After the Opposition resigned their mandates in 2019, we were subjected to a single-party parliament with no genuine opposition that passed laws and appointed wholly unsuitable individuals into key roles on a total whim. With the capture of every Municipality but one in the
Sali Berisha, the former leader of the Democratic Party (PD), announced he will demand new leadership elections, after current PD chairman, Lulzim Basha, decided to oust him from PD’s parliamentary group. Pressured by the United States, Basha announced his decision on September 9th, the evening before the Albanian Parliament convened to swear in a new
140 deputies were sworn in the Albanian parliament yesterday, marking the beginning of the country’s 10th legislature. The eve before the new Parliament convened, opposition leader Lulzim Basha made waves by expelling Sali Berisha, former chief of the Democratic Party (PD), from the party’s parliamentary group. Basha explained that his decision came as a result
On Thursday, less than 24 hours from the new parliamentary session convened in Albania, opposition leader Lulzim Basha announced that he had decided to ban his former chief and mentor, Sali Berisha, from joining the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party. Basha said this was the most difficult decision he had had to make, and
The US Embassy in Albania expressed its support for Lulzim Basha after he expelled former Prime Minister and co-founder of the Democratic Party (PD), Sali Berisha, from its parliamentary group. Basha, who is Chairman of the PD, made the decision after Berisha and his family were declared persona “non grata” by the US State Department,
The Albanian Parliament issued of the April 25 elections will convene today at 10 a.m. to begin of the country’s 10th legislature. 140 deputies will sit in parliament, with the ruling Socialist Party (PS) holding 74 of those seats, followed by the Democratic Party (PD) with 59, the Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) with 4,
The chairman of the Democratic Party (PD), Lulzim Basha, has expelled from the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, the founder of the party and former prime minister of the country. Earlier this evening, Basha released a statement saying that until Berisha solves his legal issues with the US Department of State, he
Former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, who has been declared persona non grata by the US, confirmed he will enter Albanian parliament on Friday as a Deputy for the Democratic Party. During an interview with Euronews yesterday, he said that he will take up the position because people had voted for him. “On Friday, Sali Berisha
On Friday, Prime Minister Edi Rama gathered the elected deputies of the Socialist Party to brief them prior to the start of the new parliamentary legislature in September. Rama reiterated the commitments he made during the election campaign, which include the fight against corruption in administration and a new way of working with the Opposition.