Challenges of new government

31/10/2013 00:00

The OSCE Ambassador to Tirana, Florian Raunig, presented at the
headquarters of this organization in Vienna the annual report in which
are included the recent developments of Albania. Since the beginning the
report identifies the challenges that the Albanian government is
facing.

“It is a positive thing the fact that the new majority has shown its strong interest to progress with the much necessary reforms, and has promised to cooperate with the opposition in this direction. We hope that the opposition will respond in a favorable way for reaching progress in the reform agenda”, the report says.

Part of this report is the European Union integration process. “Now that the European Commission has recommended the candidate status, the Albanian political class and the Albanian citizens have the opportunity to use this positive inertia for asking a transformation of their country, so that the transition chapter can end”, the document underlines.

A special part of the report is dedicated to the property problematic, saying: “There’s a lack of stable policies and this has brought legal insecurity as regards the property right, the increased number of illegal construction and the irregular development of the real estate market, with consequences in returning properties to their owners”.

The report of the OSCE ambassador expresses concern about the work of law enforcing institutions in the fight against corruption. “The new government has declared war against corruption as a main priority, and they have pressed charges against several officials. The government has promised to plan a new strateg against corruption and the respective action plan. The state institutions that take care of corruption are not yet completely protected from the political pressure, and suffer from the lack of human and financial resources”, the report underlines.

As for the OSCE, Albania is facing problems regaridng the passage from analogue to digital broadcasts. “The new government has shown its dedication to guarantee the independence of audiovisual broadcast and to restructure the public broadcaster, so that it can guarantee a professional and politically impartial management. The digitalization process has still been delayed, by hampering Albania’s chances to complete the transfer within 2015”, the report says.

The challenges for the consolidation of democracy and integration remain, according to the report.

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