The democratic deputy, Saimir Korreshi, has warned of an escalation of the opposition action. Korreshi said that the absence of Sali Berisha and his arrest in the apartment is a big minus for the opposition.
However, this will not stop them since, according to him, the democratic deputies at the start of this new parliamentary season are ready to escalate their action, up to a hunger strike or a test in the Assembly hall.
“Despite the fact that it is a big minus for the opposition that Berisha is at home. Maybe it’s time for something stronger than just flares. We can go to other measures until the hunger strike, or test it in the Assembly”, he said to “Euronews”.
Last year, the opposition MPs did not allow the normal development of the last plenary sessions. 29 MPs of the opposition have been expelled in the span of 3 months, in 9 meetings of the Secretariat of Ethics, since the session of October 5, when led by the former prime minister Sali Berishëa, they led the action in the parliament, sometimes by clashing with the guard, sometimes with smoking, blocking the pulpit or physically clashing with socialist colleagues.
So, in December, the majority approved the new regulation. This regulation excludes for 2 months the deputies who cause chaos in the Assembly by preventing the normal development of the session.
According to the new regulation, the deputy will be expelled for up to 30 days in cases where; uses physical violence against other deputies, members of the Council of Ministers, employees of the session service or the Guard of the Republic; when, through violent actions, he damages the equipment and furnishings of any other logistical means in the session/meeting hall; and when repeatedly commits within a parliamentary session the violations provided for in point 1 of this article.
There will be an exception for up to 60 days in cases where the deputy uses pyrotechnic, smoking, paints and other similar materials or tools inside the Assembly hall/committee meeting within the Assembly premises; when he commits actions/behavior that constitute offenses that are configured as criminal offenses regardless of whether the offense constitutes a criminal offense under the Criminal Code; and when repeatedly commits within a parliamentary session the violations provided for in point 6.
