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The likelihood, in the fourth government, seems to be that there will be two elements, the renewal of the cabinet according to the model that occurred with the parliamentary group, as well as the possible rapprochement of characters from the opposition community.
The flood of lists and bets for new ministers is an old media ritual, which is often done in other countries. Traditionally, the probability of published lists depends on the weight of political lobbies and not, which tend to influence to show their weight. But in Edi Rama's SP, it seems that the weight of lobbies and various groups is not so strong that they play hard to impose or be proposed on the government list, as is usually the case in other Western countries.
Where different factions or groups, pore and important political leaders come out openly and propose and are proposed to enter the government. A normal development where interests, capacities and ambitions seek to be measured by political contribution and weight.
This has happened more in Fatos Nano's SP, where the groups were more divided and noisy, but it is not absent in today's SP. They simply stick their heads out in public in a more timid way, without allowing them to create what Rama called "Stop the soap operas" when he took over the leadership of the SP in 2005.
In the first term when he was in coalition with the SP and half of the second term, namely until the student protests of December 2018, the ministers in Edi Rama's governments were more political, most of them members of the leadership and political leaders of the regions. The situation changed later, increasing the number of new names, who were not at all technical, as almost all of them joined the SP, being elected deputies. This also happened with the new ministers who entered the May 11 race, such as Piro Vëngu or Ervin Hoxha.
Minister Mirela Kumbaro, who entered the ministry in 2013 as Minister of Culture from a university chair, is now a veteran not only in government, but also as a political leader in the Gjirokastra region.
The likelihood, in the fourth government, seems to be that there will be two elements, the renewal of the cabinet according to the model that occurred with the parliamentary group, as well as the possible rapprochement of characters from the opposition community.
Within these new elements, what is expected is the quality of the ministers, since the main objective is to close negotiations with the European Union.
A process that requires not just systematic officials or oratorical politicians, but dynamic managers to cope with a very complicated and demanding process, such as the exams of the army of Brussels technocrats.
In this political phase that the SP, which controls both the government and local government, is in, there is no need to appoint ministers to promote them politically, as there is an inflation of already well-known characters.
What seems to be required is the quality of work, and especially the qualitative and quantitative results of the members of the government, but that is a boomerang in itself. Because a powerful minister can turn into a powerful and popular politician, breaking the mold and entering into conflict with powerful lobbies both within the Socialist Party, but also with other media and financial circles.
As has happened in Albania, powerful or proactive characters have been attacked, even to the point of blocking their political careers. There are many names in all these years, but it is enough to mention Saimir Tahiri, Ben Blushi, Ditmir Bushati to Erion Veliaj. If you go further, the list gets longer and longer. By introducing another aggressive power such as SPAK, the political ambition to approach high political positions has declined.
However, one of the accusations or even slurs that Edi Rama has received in his cabinets has been that he brings in loyal people and that he has them in that role more as makeup than as real ministers.
In fact, Edi Rama's governance, but also in many other countries, especially in recent years, is becoming increasingly focused on the main figure, who takes on the responsibility, costs, and benefits of governance.
Giorgia Meloni in Italy, for example, although she has ministers from two other coalition parties, she manages the main policy of the government, that with the EU, foreign policy, as well as budget finances, with a large staff of experts and advisors.
A staff that Edi Rama has had since he was the mayor of Tirana. There are even legends that the prime minister's foreign advisors are in a way ministers for key issues, where they focus macro policies.
However, it seems that the spotlight is focused on the names and qualities of the new ministers, especially those from the youth group in the Socialist Party and the opposition in the model that was implanted in the municipalities of Vlora and Tirana.
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