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The draft law that provides for changes in the 2019 law "On the Academy of Sciences" was met with criticism from the deputies of both political wings, for the wording related to the mandate of the president of the ASH and for not including the financial cost for the new system of wages that are proposed.
The proposal states that the term "but not consecutively" in the current law, which allows a president to take no more than one consecutive term, is repealed. The removal of this phrase paves the way for the re-election of Gjinushi as his mandate ends this year.
PD MP, Oerd Bylykbashi, called the initiative a goal to change the mechanism of obtaining and maintaining control of power within ASH.
"The changes you propose are made to reduce the decision-making body in the academy and aim to extend the mandate of the current president", he addressed the initiator of the draft law, socialist MP Ismet Beqiraj.
Bylykbashi referred to the changes related to the removal of the right to vote for academics living abroad.
He asked Beqiraj if the proposals had come after a consultation with the academy itself and - "specifically as a proposal from Gjinushi himself" - he added.
Beqiraj said that the aim was to fix some absurd provisions and to regulate the functioning of the academy and that there were no political reasons and they did not serve an individual.
"Gjinushi has the right to have two mandates and with the current law, we are not adding anything to it, we are removing that tail...'but not consecutively'" he said, adding that the ASH assembly does the voting. "Gone are the days when politics got involved," he added.
Criticism of the wording was also received from the socialist relator Eduart Ndreca, who suggested that instead of defining 2 consecutive mandates, the mandate time should be extended so that ASH is not involved in an election process every 4 years.
"The idea of re-candidacy should be dropped and the mandate extended" - he proposed. Ndreca also drew the attention of the initiators for not presenting the financial costs of the project, where, among other things, changes to the salary system for academics are proposed.
The Laws Committee decided to pass the suggestions of the deputies to the responsible committee, Media and Education.
The socialist majority declared in 2018 that it will reform the Academy of Sciences, an institution from the time of communism, because it was necessary.
But the new law brought about the election of Gjinushi, a retired politician, as the head of the academy. The president of the time, Ilir Meta, refused to hold Gjinushi's swearing-in ceremony, noting the fact that he is a politician and not a scientist. Socialists changed the law in order to enable Gjinushi to be sworn in in the assembly and not in the presidency.
The Academy of Sciences was then filled with retired socialist MPs, who suddenly started presenting themselves as academics./ BIRN
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