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The Parliament opens the new parliamentary session on Monday afternoon in an atmosphere of conflict between the majority and the opposition, where the presidential decrees for the new changes in the government are expected to be voted on.
The new EU ambassador in Tirana Silvio Gonzato appealed on Monday for cooperation between political forces and normal functioning of the parliament for integration reforms.
"As I told Minister Elisa Spiropali during our first meeting [last Friday], the implementation of these reforms will require an effectively functioning parliament... and genuine cooperation between all institutions" - writes Gonzato on platform X (former -Twitter).
According to him, after the screening process, the country now has a clear picture of the reforms it must carry out for integration. But, Gonzato emphasizes that, "all political forces must work together for the agenda of the country's integration into the EU".
However, the government's minister for the parliament addresses the opposition MPs with the epithet "lamb", blaming them for not approving the criminal amnesty, which foresees the early release from prison of hundreds of prisoners.
In a long status on the Facebook social network on Sunday, she chooses derogatory language in the form of an invitation for the opposition to vote for the government's initiative.
"I don't know if it will be Gazi or Luli, Albana or Enkelejdi, Dashi or other "lambs and lions" from the opposition who will dare to cast the first vote. Everyone is welcome" - writes Spiropali.
The new session begins with the voting of the presidential decrees for the new ministers of the government cabinet, according to the proposals of Prime Minister Edi Rama, who created two new ministries by bringing Blendi Gonxhe into the cabinet as Minister of Culture, Economy and Innovation and Adea Pinder as Minister of State for Public Administration and Anticorruption.
The political conflict holds hostage legal initiatives that require 84 votes, such as electoral reforms or changes to the Criminal Code and appointments to independent institutions such as the Ombudsman.
Since November, most of the opposition has been protesting after the Socialists rejected its demands for a parliamentary inquiry into the government's concessions in health and the demand to have representatives on the electoral reform commission.
The autumn session ended in an unusual situation where parliamentary sessions resembled more of a protest square, with opposition MPs lighting cigarettes and overturning chairs, while majority MPs raised cardboard to pass laws.
The Socialists unilaterally changed the law on investigative commissions and the regulation of the Assembly, providing for long-term punitive measures of up to 60 days for deputies who attempt to disrupt plenary sessions.
Likewise, the SP passed the work of the parliamentary commissions online with a disputed decision of the Conference of Speakers, which was taken without the presence of the opposition and in the absence of audio recording./BIRN
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