“My message is for the whole public opinion that there will be no cooperation
with (President) Ilir Meta and his party. Ilir Meta will be fired after he has shamed all the people,” has said Socialist Party PM Edi Rama.
Rama told a meeting with his parliamentary group on Monday that the dismissal of the president is not all in the hands of the Socialists, but they will do everything in their power by voting in the bloc for his dismissal.
“It is too early to talk about his dismissal and his substitute, but we will consult with the Democratic Party on the new name in due time. The SP has the opportunity to take Albania to the top it deserves. We will keep our commitments one by one,” PM said.
Rama’s SP has accused Meta of violating the constitution by taking political sides in an election last month.
Last week lawmakers formed an investigative committee to decide whether to impeach Meta. Forty-nine Socialist lawmakers have claimed that Meta failed in his constitutional duty to guarantee national unity by siding with the opposition before the April 25 election.
The Socialists won 74 of the 140 seats in parliament in that vote, allowing them to form a Cabinet on their own. Yet impeaching Meta requires a two-thirds majority in Parliament, which the Socialists do not have, and approval from Albania’s Constitutional Court.
President Meta has said he will not recognize the parliamentary committee’s validity saying his presidential term is scheduled to end in July 2022. /argumentum.al
