New governor coming from abroad?

After this meeting, Rama met with the US Ambassador, Alexander Arvizu, at the Prime Minister’s Office. The goal of this visit was the introduction of the USAID Chief in Tirana.

At 11:00, the Prime Minister went at the provisory headquarters of the Bank of Albania, where it was initially reported that he would meet with the acting Governor, Elisabeta Gjoni, but sources say that Rama met with the staff, to whom he said that most of them were the best technical experts, and that he encourages them to continue their work which is very important for the banking stability.

During this conversation Rama underlined that this is not about a financial crisis, but an administrative crisis that needs to be resolved with courage.

Same sources say that the conversation between the Prime Minister and the technical staff was open, and that Rama guaranteed them that he would not support any figure that comes from politics for the governor or for the vacancies at the council.

New governor coming from abroad?

After the meeting, one of the directors of the technical staff at the Bank of Albania confirmed for Top Channel that the Prime Minister had insinuated that they were studying the option of having a foreign governor of a very high international profile, and that they would look Albanians who work in the international financial system to be part of the new council. Sources say that these declarations from Rama have calmed the climate among the staff.

At 13:00, Prime Minister Edi Rama held a meeting with the Parliamentary Group of the Socialist Party, where he communicated to his MPs that he has agreed with his ally, Ilir Meta, to raise the stake against any expectancy and find an international figure as Governor of the Bank of Albania, which might have dimmed hopes of Socialist senators from the finance world who might have wished to replace Fullani.

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