Parliament is constituted/New deputies are sworn in, Niko Peleshi is elected speaker

Bardhi said that the philosophy of the socialist majority is theft, crime and corruption.

The opposition refused to name the temporary commission that will administer the votes for the election of the new Speaker of the Assembly.

The head of the DP group, Gazment Bardhi, said that the philosophy of the socialist majority is theft, crime and corruption.

The majority has proposed Niko Pelesh as the new speaker of parliament.

" For the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party and for the opposition, this majority has no legitimacy to elect the Speaker of the Assembly. Moreover, the selected name is like putting Klodian Zoton in chair number 2. With this proposal that you are making, you are showing us that your only philosophy is theft, crime, corruption. Therefore, we do not participate in this process at all ," said Bardhi.

The 138 newly sworn-in MPs are voting by secret ballot to elect the new Speaker of the Assembly. The Socialist Party, which won the parliamentary elections on May 11, proposed the name of Niko Pelesh, who is expected to be elected with the votes of the socialist majority.

The opposition, on the other hand, did not participate in the vote, claiming that this majority is not legitimate.

"This majority has no legitimacy to elect the President. We do not participate in this process at all," said Gazment Bardhi.

Fadil Nasul, Bledi Çomo, Saimir Hasalla will be the members of the commission that will elect the Speaker of the Assembly.

Socialist MPs did not join this homage, remaining seated during the minute of silence.

As the first session of the new legislature is taking place in the Albanian Parliament, the deputies of the Democratic Party held a minute of silence in honor of Azem Hajdari.

On the anniversary of his assassination, Democrats stood up in the Assembly hall, demanding institutional respect for Hajdari's contribution and sacrifice.

Socialist MPs did not join this homage, remaining seated during the minute of silence.

Out of 140 MPs in total, 138 MPs are sworn in, after Tom Doshi and Sabina Jorgo have given up their mandates.

The new MPs have been sworn in to the Assembly.

Out of 140 MPs in total, 138 were sworn in, after 2 elected members announced that they had resigned from their mandate. They are Tom Doshi and Sabina Jorgo, both from the PSD.

After these two resignations, the replacements will be from the PSD's open list.

Meanwhile, the Parliament will also vote on the new Speaker of the Assembly. The majority has proposed Niko Pelesh, who is expected to be voted for only by the majority, as the opposition is not expected to participate in this vote.

The session is currently chaired by Vasil Llajo of the Socialist Party, as the oldest MP, after Sali Berisha and Tritan Shehu of the Democratic Party, because the latter two refused to open the session.

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The two PSD deputies in Shkodra refuse the mandate...

An unexpected development has occurred in the last minutes. The leader of the Social Democratic Party, Tom Doshi, has refused to take the mandate of the deputy. This afternoon, the Assembly convened for the swearing-in of the deputies, but the two PSD deputies in Shkodra, Tom Doshi and Dafina Jorgo, have resigned.

It was Milva Ekonomi who announced that the secretariat for the verification of mandates found no problems for 138 elected candidates, while announcing that Doshi and Jorgo have submitted their resignations. They were both elected as MPs in Shkodra. The resignations were submitted today, while the reasons are not known.

Before the elections, there was a strong clash between Doshi and Rama. The PSD leader attacked the majority several times, talking about links to crime and corruption. But after the elections, he seems to have lowered his head. PSD deputies helped the majority in the Assembly several times by joining votes with the socialists. Also, Doshi openly declared after the elections that he would be on the side of the majority.

It should be noted that the PSD leader is "non grata" by the US. In 2021, it was Ambassador Yuri Kim who forced him not to run in the elections. This time, Doshi took advantage of the American withdrawal and ran, but it seems that something has changed. It may have been a strategy, but it is strange why Doshi did not refuse the mandate at the CEC, but decided to leave today. /Pamphlet