The Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, declared at today’s meeting of the Socialist Party national Assembly that he is ready to work with the opposition outside the Parliament, seeking a solution, but it should be done for Albania, not for their personal gains.
“The electoral reform, based on the OSCE-ODIHR recommendations, remains a joint challenge with the parliamentary opposition, which has its seat at the reform commission, with the right to veto. This is the difference between us and them. They throw Molotov bombs and I gave them the right to veto us, and we are very proud that we are different on this point”, Rama said.
He added that the judiciary reform will neither be discussed nor be negotiated. It can only be supported. As for the political agreement, Rama said that he is not willing to approve any agreement that can remove the ability of the judiciary reform to investigate anyone.
Rama admitted that within the Socialist Party there are different voices, and the internal elections will start in September, with the organizations, and will be finalized in January, with the Chairman of the Congress.
The Prime Minister asked the party leaders to meet with the party base and make it possible that these elections are not like the ones of the past. He also told his party leaders that their service towards the citizens should be improved, otherwise the people will lose their patience.
“What we have done so far will be useless after June 30th”, Rama said in front of the Socialist Assembly. “The service to our citizens is enough and this should concern us. If we don’t understand this the soonest possible, the people will lose their patience with the majority”, the PM said.
Considering June 30th as a historic victory of the citizens, the Prime Minister said that the Socialist Party’s merit on this was the fact that they stood on the right side of the history, without avoiding the possibility to an ‘eye for an eye’ confrontation”.
According to Rama, the June 30th elections were a victory of hope, civility, and the defeat went to the anti-state, chaos and mud-throwing forces.
However, he admitted that the opposition’s path during the first semester of this year is a wound for the country, and it is now a responsibility of the Socialists to heal it.
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