Parliament returns to Albania, expected to be dominated by election debate

After nearly two months of involvement in the election campaign, Albania's MPs return to parliamentary sessions Thursday, May 29th, in a political climate tense by the results of the May 11th elections.

The mayors' conference will convene at 10:00 to approve the three-week Assembly Work calendar, expected to last until the final session of this legislature on 8 July. Meanwhile, tomorrow's session will be the first to face election winners with the opposition, now reconfirmed in its role for another four-year term.

Although the May 29th session is considered formal and focuses on the adoption of the work calendar, it is expected to serve as a platform for the first political clashes after the elections. The opposition, led by the Democratic Party, has warned of a strong institutional approach, with the aim of decomposing what it calls the electoral <x0fara”.

Former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, currently at the helm of the opposition, has declared that their political action will continue with intensity, even warning a radicalisation of it in September, without excluding both the hunger strike as an option.

In the new legislature, the Socialist Party will have 83 mandates available, giving it the necessary majority to pass any legal initiative without opposition support. On the other hand, the Democratic Party will have 50 deputies, while seven mandates distributed among other political forces remain unclear in their orientation ʹ a situation expected to take shape during the autumn./Periscopi/