TIRANA, November 1 – The opposition blocked on Wednesday the proceedings of the Parliamentary Committee on Economy and Finance, where the presentation of the 2024 draft budget as well as the Fiscal Package that will accompany it was planned.
The chairman of the parliamentary group of the DP, Gazment Bardhi declared for the media that after the clash he had with the speaker, Lindita Nikolla in the chairmanship of the Assembly, he said that they will not allow the majority to hold a meeting, ignoring the demands of the opposition.
It is reported that Socialist majority held the proceedings of the economy committee online in the afternoon on Wednesday.
Referring to Wednesday’s clashes between the opposition MPs in the premises of the Presidency of the Assembly, where they tried to enter the Speakers’ Conference hall, Bardhi said that there were 100 Guard forces that protected the SP MPs.
A day ago, the Secretariat of Ethics expelled the MPs Gazment Bardhi, Bledjon Nallbati, Flamur Noka, Edi Paloka, Albana Vokshi and Saimir Korreshi from the Assembly. Korreshi was sentenced to 3 days by the Assembly, while the others were sentenced to 10 days, for the incidents in the last plenary session.
“The majority does not respect the right of the opposition to be represented with those it wants at the Electoral Reform table,” he underlined. According to him, there is a continuous mockery or interference that the speaker of the parliament does with the affairs of the DP group.
“We are determined not to allow the normal activity of the parliament until the opposition’s rights are respected,” said Bardhi. /argumentum.al
